MONDAY EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 29 No. 25
‘Sophisticated Ameriana’ • The Twangtown Paramours bring their hybrid NashvilleAustin sound to Brandon Music. Read Arts Beat, Page 10.
Local observes education abroad • A young man from Bristol had an eye-opening experience at a Guatemalan school. See his story on Page 20.
Middlebury, Vermont
Childcare provision seen as inadequate
Offerings for youngest said to fall short By GAEN MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY — Child advocacy groups estimate that more than 79 percent of Vermont’s infants and toddlers likely to need child care don’t have access to programs considered to be high quality. For Addison County, the estimate is 88 percent for infants, 64 percent for toddlers. “We don’t have enough child
care and we don’t have child care that either parents can afford or that those people providing it can afford to do as a full-time career,” said Cheryl Mitchell, a co-founder of the Addison County Parent/Child Center and longtime child advocate. Closing the gap in terms of quality, access and affordability will take participation of employers, (See Childcare, Page 31)
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Couple moving to stricken Puerto Rico urge aid to isle By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Soon-to-be Puerto Rican residents and current Middlebury residents Andy and Bronia Van Benthuysen have a message for their current friends and neighbors on behalf of their future neighbors: Please help. The Van Benthuysens, undeterred by the devastation Hurricane Maria unleashed on Puerto Rico in late September,
plan to retire to that U.S. territory in April. Before then Andy and Bronia will make weeklong November and January trips to the home they own on the Caribbean island, bringing with them needed supplies for Maria’s victims. In the meantime, the couple hopes that other Vermonters will join them in donating whatever they can to help an island that (See Couple, Page 14)
Tiger teams see weekend action
• MUHS boys’ soccer, football and field hockey teams all hosted games, including one vs. Mt. Abe. See Pages 16-18.
Immigrant artists leave their mark • A folklorist will talk about how new Vermonters, like this Bantu musician, make an impression. See Page 2.
A CURIOUS COW comes to say hello to dairy farmer Matt Baldwin, who stands holding son, Nathan. In mid-September, Baldwin purchased 218 acres of the Cota Farm in Monkton; land that has been preserved for agricultural use through the Vermont Land Trust.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
New hands take over on Monkton farm Land Trust keeps prime ag land in ag By GAEN MURPHREE MONKTON — Young Nathan Baldwin, all of three years old, races happily through the dairy barn on the farm formerly run by the Cota brothers, stopping to hug a few
weeks’ old heifers. They nudge back playfully. Outside the barn, some of dad Matt Baldwin’s mature Jerseys and Holsteins move through the grass, grazing peacefully. Looking south — past a small mountain of plasticwrapped haylage — green fields stretch toward the horizon, hugging Hogback Ridge to the east.
“To me it’s a great joy,” said 70-year-old Greg Cota. Just a few weeks ago, the last i’s were dotted and the last t’s were crossed in a conservation and sale agreement whereby the Vermont Land Trust purchased development rights on 218 acres of Greg and brother Robert Cota’s Monkton acreage, allowing Matt Baldwin to purchase the farm
for its agricultural value alone. “What I wanted is happening,” Cota continued. “I wanted to see cattle back in the pasture, cattle back in the barn. So it’s just a great joy to me to be able to go back and go in the barn, see cattle in there and smell that barn smell again like it used to be.” The Cota brothers have worked (See Baldwin, Page 32)
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Northlands students use open door to enter VUHS By ANDY KIRKALDY They also encountered another VERGENNES — Two Northlands female student and also hugged her Job Corps students entered Ver- and also, Merkel said, “tugged on her gennes Union High School on Thurs- shirt” and asked for her phone numday afternoon through a door that had ber. been left ajar, according to Vergennes Again, Merkel said the behavior Police Chief George Merkel, and, did not meet criminal harassment in Merkel’s words, apstandards that would proached and made two “There was have justified a citation, female VUHS students while because the door no lewd and “uncomfortable.” had been left ajar a crimVergennes police is- lascivious inal trespassing comsued both Job Corps stu- conduct. Was it plaint was not justified. dents no-trespass orders uncomfortable? “There was no lewd to stay off VUHS prop- Yes. Should and lascivious conduct,” erty and, according to said. “Was it uncomthey have been he Merkel, were terminated fortable? Yes. Should from the Northlands pro- in the building? they have been in the gram later that afternoon. No.” building? No.” — Chief Merkel Merkel said the NorthWhen the Northlands lands students, who had students confronted left their Macdonough Drive campus the second female VUHS student, without permission, entered a VUHS Merkel said a male VUHS student classroom and apparently posed as then told the female VUHS student exchange students and hugged one not to cooperate with them and told female student there, but did not en- the Northlands students to leave, and gage in what he called “lewd and las- they did. civious” or unwanted touching that “He was the hero in all this,” would have risen to a criminal level. Merkel said of the VUHS student. When the Northlands students VUHS Principal Stephanie Taylor left the classroom they ran into the did not immediately return a phone girl again, but did not, according to call before the Friday morning deadMerkel and as another media report line for this edition of the Indepenstated, track her down. dent.
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NEW AMERICAN ARTISTS, like this woman, have an impact on Vermont by bringing their traditional arts with them when they move to the Green Mountain State.
Immigrant artists leave mark in Vt. BRISTOL — Vermont is often described as culturally homogenous, yet nearly a third of Vermonters have French Canadian ancestry. There is a long history of European immigration to the state’s urban centers, and recent years have brought waves of new Vermonters from Southeast Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. In a free program presented by FOLKLORIST GREGORY SHARROW will discuss the influence immithe One World Library Project, folklorist Gregory Sharrow will discuss grants have had on Vermont in a Thursday talk in Bristol. these influences on Thursday, Oct. 12, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Law- titled “Carving a Niche: How Immi- view of Vermont’s early immigragrants Have Made Their Mark on tion history, examining how it haprence Memorial Library in Bristol. Sharrow’s illustrated presentation, Vermont,” will begin with an over- pened that certain groups of people arrived here when they did. He will explain how Barre’s stone industry drew Scottish and Italian immigrants whose impact on the town can still be seen in its architecture and sculpture as well as its corner markets. Our more recent history will also be explored. Sharrow will explain how the Lao immigrants to Burlington in the 1980s created the need for a resettlement program, which subsequently served the newly arrived Vietnamese and Cambodian communities. The current Refugee Resettlement Program went on to help transition new Vermonters driven from their homelands by political violence. Since the 1990s, refugees from Bosnia, Somalia, Burma, Iraq, Bhutan and elsewhere have been actively resettled in Vermont. A closer look at the Somali-Bantu, Bosnian and Bhutanese-Nepali imFriday, October 13 thru Sunday, October 15 migrants will reveal the importance of responding not only to an immiwww.KissTheCook.net grant community’s physical needs, 72 Church Street • Burlington • 863-4226 but also to their cultural needs. 16 Merchants Row • Middlebury • 349-8803 Those who come to Thursday’s pre* excludes electronics and promos sentation will learn how a group’s (See One World Library, Page 3)
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Ferrisburgh zoning leadership changes
By ANDY KIRKALDY low board members had kept her FERRISBURGH — Just as going, and that she would miss Ferrisburgh is bringing inter- them. Board members said they im zoning administrator Bonnie would certainly miss her.” Barnes on board as a permanent Current Ferrisburgh Selectemployee, the town’s other top board Chairwoman Loretta Lawzoning official has stepped down. rence joined in the praise — LawLongtime Zoning Board of Ad- rence served on the ZBA under justment Chairwoman Charlene Stavenow’s leadership for seven Stavenow informed years in the 1990s. the selectboard in“She’s just an formally in late Au- “She’s amazing person, gust, and she made (Stavenow) just chair-wise and perit official in Septem- an amazing son-wise, always ber that she would person, chairfair. She ran a tight be leaving her post wise and person- ship, but a fair after 30 years of sership,” Lawrence wise, always vice. said. “It’s just a true The ZBA met fair. She ran a loss to Ferrisburgh. on Wednesday and tight ship, but The knowledge chose Norm Smith a fair ship. It’s she brought to the as its new chairper- just a true loss zoning board was son. amazing.” to Ferrisburgh. Stavenow, a real “It was tough estate appraiser, has The knowledge saying goodbye, moved to Michigan, she brought to for sure,” Lawrence where one of her the zoning board added. two daughters lives. was amazing.” The better news, Stavenow’s last — Loretta Lawrence according to Lawofficial act was prerence, was Barnes’ siding over the Sept. decision to stay on 6 ZBA meeting, where the final as the zoning administrator. She item of business was issuing a had replaced Ken Wheeling after conditional use permit to the De- he resigned in August, but only Vos family trucking business for a on an interim basis. depot on Tuppers Crossing, a proBarnes, a 1973 Princeton Uniposal that neighbors had opposed. versity graduate, served from That approval included a num- 1995 to 2013 as Judicial Law ber of conditions, particularly on Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge lighting, landscape screening and William Sessions, years where hours of operation. she also taught at Vermont Law At the conclusion of the meet- School as an adjunct professor. ing, according to minutes, board Before then she spent 10 years member Bob Beach “said he in private practice with Sessions, thought it was appropriate for the Keiner and Dumont, P.C., after board to offer thanks and appre- earning a law degree from Northciation to Charlene Stavenow for eastern. a job well done as longtime chair Lawrence said the town is of the zoning board, and all of the lucky to have someone with board members agreed, giving Barnes’ qualifications willing to Stavenow a round of applause, work as its part-time zoning adjoined by the members of the ministrator. public attending the meeting.” “She’s like a gift from heaven Stavenow said she had “loved with her background,” Lawrence working with the board over the said. “She feels it’s still very dopast 30 years, saying that her fel- able from 15 to 20 hours.”
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NEWCOMERS LIKE THIS Somali Bantu musician playing a six-string bowl-lute called a “sharrara” have an influence on Vermont
One World Library (Continued from Page 2) cultural world shapes their perception of the world around them. “Culture is kind of like art,” explains Sharrow. “It is usually one of the first things to be cut in a budget. But it is not insignificant, rather it is central to absolutely everything. I argue that celebrating culture is important in terms of well-being.” To portray how diverse Vermont immigrant communities celebrate their heritage, Sharrow will present vignettes of immigrant musicians in performance settings. Audience members will hear about the
Rutland Cares movement that has grown in response to the opposition to Syrian refugee resettlement. This movement has built an incredible network of people devoted to safety and respect for people from Syria and immigrants in general. Sharrow is the former director of the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. He holds a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania and is a former Vermont classroom teacher. His field research has explored the vital cultures of Vermont’s immigrant communities, both historic and new, addressing
foodways, religious culture and traditional arts as they relate to personal and community identity in our state’s evolving cultural landscape. “We all have things we believe and we celebrate and those things matter,” says Sharrow. This program is the second of several offered this coming year by the One World Library Project that will focus on refugees and immigration. For more information contact the Lawrence Memorial Library at 453-2366 or go to OneWorldLibraryProject.org or the One World Library Project Facebook page.
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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T
Editorial
360,000 reasons high school grads need higher education Attention high school seniors: this commentary is addressed to you, particularly those without current plans to go to a four-year college. This is not a lecture. It’s not a puff piece with encouraging words after next spring’s graduation. It’s about earning power, and how a little bit of extra work now can make a huge difference in your lifetime. What we know is that 40 percent of Vermont’s high school graduates will not go on to higher education within the first 16 months of graduation. That’s not just to a four-year college, but not even to additional vocational training or apprenticeships. Nada. You’ll graduate, likely get a low-level job and start working 40-hour weeks at $9 to $10 an hour; maybe take a secondary job, buy a car and become beholden to car payments and, bam, suddenly you’re 30, in debt, and wishing your future was a little brighter. That’s not true for everyone, but for most today’s reality is that if you don’t get additional training, tomorrow’s job market won’t be kind. But there’s good news: • Vermont has ample good-paying jobs, but not enough candidates to fill those positions. Most of those jobs will pay $20 per hour or more; that’s roughly $40,000 per year. (A $9 per hour job at 2,000 hours — 40 hours times 50 weeks — is about $18,000 per year, less taxes, etc.) • Students with a two-year post-secondary degree earn $360,000 more in their (working) lifetime than someone with a high school degree, and those who get a bachelor’s degree earn almost $1 million more. Let that sink in for a moment: if you get two more years of training, you’ll earn $360,000 more. That’s like making $180,000 per year for going to school — only it’s not, but you get the idea, which is that those extra two or four years of school are the best deal you’re ever likely to make. • The best part is that many of those jobs are interesting, not boring desk jobs. The Vermont Dept. of Labor recently posted the top 54 jobs over the next 10 years with ample availability, ranging from auto mechanics to construction to farm-related jobs to software engineering to nursing to early childhood education to sales, finance and even creative writing and journalism. They created a list of those jobs, what type of education you’ll need to get that job, and where to get that education within Vermont. • Several jobs, like sheet metal workers or carpenters, require a high school education, plus training to earn a certificate in a specific field from institutions like the North Country Career Center in Newport or Vermont Woodworking School in Chittenden County. Mechatronics and robotics are two fields also taught at the North Country Career Center, or there’s Engineering & Mechanical Design taught at the Center for Technology in Essex. Husky Injection Molding Systems (Milton) offers registered apprenticeships. You can learn to be a plumber, pipefitter, HVAC installer and mechanic at Vermont Technical College. Or maybe you want to be a massage therapist, police officer, bookkeeper, licensed practical nurse or dozens of other occupations that have good job availability. It’s all there. ********** We get that it’s tough, as a senior in high school, knowing what you might want to do for the rest of your life. But don’t start there. Start by going to Pathways to Promising Careers, Vermont, or mcclurevt. org/careers-and-programs#PurpleJobsGrid. Check out the careers and the needed training each job requires. It’s easy, fun and only takes a few minutes. Second, try to attend the college fair sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders on Oct. 14 at Castleton University. College fairs are set up to explain what the various colleges and career centers in Vermont offer, help with financial aid, and help you understand how to get enrolled. (Take a friend or two and carpool.) If you can’t attend, check out the Vermont Student Assistance Corp., for more information. Also know that Vermont Technical College, an excellent training center in Randolph, has 100 percent placement of its graduates into decent-paying jobs and has seats to fill. That is, if you graduate from high school and meet their criteria, you’ll be accepted and likely earn that extra $360,000 or more in your lifetime. But start now, not next June as you’re walking across the stage to get your high school diploma. Your path to a better paying job starts with knowing where you’re going to get more training post high school. After you’ve made that decision, figuring out what you want to do for a lifetime comes more naturally. Angelo Lynn
A prickly situation
A STACK OF fence posts in Middlebury presents an imposing and impassable image to passerby last week.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Letters to the Editor Scott made the right call in opposing GOP health bill Editor’s note: The writer is the owner of 3 Squares Cafe in Vergennes and is a board member of Main Street Alliance of Vermont. The Graham-Cassidy Health Amendment to H.R. 1628 went up in flames last week and small businesses across Vermont and nation breathed a sigh of relief. The GOP’s latest attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would have created difficulties for small business owners, their employees and their families that rely on the ACA for access to
healthcare critical to their survival. The Graham-Cassidy ACA repeal would have stripped many of them of their health coverage. While legislators in Congress squabbled behind closed doors over a bill that would significantly harm small business owners and their employees, damage local economies, and decimate state budgets, here in Vermont we saw a different story. Vermont’s political leaders saw Graham-Cassidy for the disaster it would be and came out in a unified stance against the
repeal attempt. For Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott this meant crossing party lines. Gov. Scott was one of nine GOP governors who stood in opposition to Republicans in Congress as they attempted to roll back healthcare for millions of Americans. Gov. Scott deserves credit for standing up and protecting healthcare coverage for thousands of Vermonters. Graham-Cassidy would have eliminated Medicaid expansion (See Letter, Page 5)
Addison Independent, Monday, October 9, 2017 — PAGE 5
Letters to the Editor
Community helped produce movie
Brandon’s full-service gas station valuable to many I have a few things I want to say about the Brandon Mobile gas station that is being shut down. I worked there and I know the place and the customers. I have a petition being signed to keep it open, and I have two reasons why I’m doing this. Reason one is that it has been open since before 1955; it has been a full-service since then. Now they are leasing it to Casella
until the end of 2019, then they want to turn it into a Dunkin Donuts and a car wash and self-serve gas station. My second reason is that I’m thinking of the elderly, the disabled and the handicapped — most of my customers are and they can’t get out of their cars to pump their own gas so they come to us to do it for them. I have met a lot of people that are upset that it is no
longer going to be a full-service station. I also have family that can’t get out of their cars to pump it either. I’ve got 74 signatures already I’m still working on getting more. I’m not sure who I’ll present the petition to, but this full-service station should not be shut down — it has a history and people need it. Henry Allen Brandon
This is a giant thank Mt. Abe Football team, you to the community Cubbers Pizza, The Bristol for supporting our movie Bakery, The Jerusalem project! We are thrilled that of appreciation store, The Bristol Police we were able to make a Department, Smith and feature film in the place we McClain, and Thad’s Aulive. So many businesses opened tomotive. their doors for sets, and helped In the Zeno model, we included with our big Bristol night scene. and starred people with disabilities in every aspect of this film. Please We are grateful to all the extras that showed up and the people who look for a big home town screening next summer. We can’t wait to show helped cook meals and supported you all! the Zeno production team in so Peter Halby many ways. Zeno Mountain Farm Special thanks goes to Mt. Lincoln Abraham Union High School, the
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Letter (Continued from Page 4) under the ACA, which has extended coverage to 66,000 lowincome Vermonters. It would have also eliminated ACA marketplace subsidies, which currently help nearly 20,000 low- and moderateincome working Vermonters afford healthcare coverage. Many small business owners and employees gained access to affordable coverage under the ACA. Unfortunately, Graham-Cassidy won’t be the last repeal attempt of the ACA we see from the GOP. With Republicans holding control in both houses of Congress and Trump in the White House it is very unlikely that this will be the last time that access to affordable healthcare coverage for Vermonters comes under attack from D.C. Republicans are looking to use the federal budget process to make massive and sweeping cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and then turn around and give large tax breaks to corporations. While the ACA is far from the perfect healthcare solution for this country it should serve as a building block for us to extend from, not the aiming point for a tear down and a return to the days were medical treatment was viewed strictly through a health insurance lens rather than
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healthcare. Approximately 161,000 Vermonters are enrolled in Medicare and cuts to that program or the removal of the ACA’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions, coupled with spending cuts, would force vulnerable and working families to pay more for vital healthcare services, resulting in a reduction in their disposal income and the amount of money they can spend on goods and services. Ultimately, small business owners would see a decline in customers. Healthcare funding is a problem that won’t be going away anytime soon and Gov. Scott taking a national stand was the right thing to do and that Vermont was on the right side of this debate makes me proud. It was also a smart political calculation to protect the ACA with health insurance and funding for so many Vermonters on the line. In Vermont, there isn’t much political risk to opposing legislation supported by an unpopular Trump administration, it is an easy strategy to win the votes of independents in Vermont. The challenges Vermont faces in healthcare, economic growth, and affordability won’t be as easily solved as the sinking of Graham-Cassidy and will require even more non-partisan work
and cooperation to develop a solution that works for Democrats, Republicans and more importantly all Vermonters. I’m curious to see if the governor can bring this same courageous spirit to our state-level challenges. Matt Birong Vergennes
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Obituaries
Glenila Greene, 78, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Glenila I. Greene, 78, passed away on Oct. 3, 2017, at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury. She was born Oct. 4, 1939, in Hancock, the daughter of Raymond and Elise Sherman Whittier. Glenila is survived by her son Leroy J. Greene of Middlebury, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, her sister Geneva Peters and her niece Lorretta Vorse. A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol. In lieu of flowers, donaGLENILA I. GREENE tions may be made to Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 30 Porter Drive, Middlebury, condolences to her family visit VT 05753. To send online brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊
Needles in Motion
First Rate
BRISTOL 4-H’ER ABIGAIL Reen leads her Ayrshire spring calf around the show ring at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass. She captured first place in her Sept. 17 conformation class.
Photo courtesy of UVM Extension 4-H
Addison teacher a finalist in educator award ADDISON — An Addison woman is a finalist for the third annual Early Educator of the Year Award, which will be given by the Permanent Fund for Vermont’s Children on Thursday. Cheryl “Cookie” Danyow is one of two finalists for the award, which recognizes and celebrates early educators who have gone above and beyond to positively impact the lives of children and have been a valuable resource for families. Danyow owns Mountain Road Preschool in Addison and has been
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working with children for 30 years. She has both an indoor and an outdoor classroom and encourages children to explore nature and learn from their surroundings. “The philosophy of my program is to provide a safe, healthy, hands-on learning environment where children can learn and explore and expand at their own pace,” she said. “We always have a science area going. We’ve done the monarch butterflies, from caterpillars to butterflies — the children love it.” Ellen Kraft, owner of Honeycomb
Kids in Richmond, was also tapped for the award. Both finalists will be honored at the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VAEYC) Annual Conference on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Killington Grand Hotel, where one will be named the Early Educator of the Year and receive $5,000 and all expenses paid to attend the 2018 VAEYC conference as well as one national conference. The runner-up will receive $1,000 and all expenses paid to attend the 2018 VAEYC conference.
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Brandon solar array proposal downsized
By LEE J. KAHRS er Solar, sold the project to NextEra BRANDON — A planned 100- Energy Resources LLC. acre solar project on farmland in The project is named for ThomBrandon is now owned by a differ- as Davenport, the Forestdale native ent company, and, if it is built, will and inventor of the electric motor. be 25 percent smaller than originally Ranger Solar formed a special purplanned. pose Limited LiaDavenport Solar Originally planned bility Corporation, filed a notice of in- for roughly 100 or LLC, for each of tent to file a petition its solar projects. In acres between with the Vermont Ludlow, for examPublic Utility Com- Syndicate Road ple, the company mission, requesting and West Creek is called Coolidge, approval to build the Road, the project after the nearby project, which has has now been birthplace of U.S. been downsized to split up into three President Calvin 15-megawatts from Coolidge. When it is the original 20-mega- separate fields completed, Coolidge watt plan. A copy of occupying 70 acres will be the largest the letter was sent to of land in the same solar array in the the state Agency of location. state at 20-megaNatural Resources, watts. the town of Brandon In March 2016, ELDERLY SERVICES’ DIRECTOR Joanne Corbett, second from left, on Oct. 2 receives a donation of $25,000 from Lions Club of Middlebury President David Morse as fellow Lions Jill Rainville and David Preble look on. and the Rutland Regional Planning the Brandon selectboard voted 4-1 Commission on Sept. 29. to approve a project agreement that Davenport said in the letter that would pay the town roughly $1 milit intends to file its petition with the lion for infrastructure and economic state utility regulator this fall. That development projects over the life will begin a 45-day comment peri- of the proposed project. This past MIDDLEBURY —The Lions ance of their $1 million. That brings paign marked the 35th Anniversary od open to the town and the regional Tuesday, Brandon Town ManagClub of Middlebury on Oct. 2 pre- us to today and our wish to congrat- of Elderly Services and the 10th year planning commission to make com- er Dave Atherton was asked if that sented Elderly Services Inc. with a ulate them on a wonderful success.” in our new building,” explains Jo- ments and recommendations about agreement would change now that $25,000 check dedicated to compleElderly Services operates Project anne Corbett. “We quietly asked for the project. the project is smaller than originally tion of the Eldercare Excellence Ma- Independence Adult Day Center six help from our major donors as we Originally planned for roughly proposed. jor Gifts Campaign of 2015-2017. days a week at its Exchange Street needed special funding to address 100 acres between Syndicate Road “I don’t think so,” he said. “I havClub President Dave Morse pre- headquarters in Middlebury. The the upkeep needed for our buildings, and West Creek Road, the project en’t heard anything from them about sented the check to ESI Executive agency also offers lifelong learning our grounds, and our furniture and has now been split up into three sep- it. I’m not really going to worry Director Joanne Corbett, recalling classes for older adults through their equipment. Maintaining a beautiful arate fields occupying 70 acres of about it. I think we’re still on track. that, “We pledged this gift to Elder- ESI College Program. ESI’s Geri- and smoothly functioning facility is land in the same location. They haven’t come to renegotiate ly Services back in 2015 when they atric Social Work Practice provides critical to our quality of care.” Also, the original owners, Rang- and we’re not in any hurry to.” embarked on a $1 million capital counseling and problem solving to campaign and said we would donate elderly people and to their families. “Our Eldercare Excellence Cam$25,000 when they raised the bal-
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communitycalendar into Vermont and their influences on all aspects of life in Vermont. Free and open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities. “L’Elisir D’Amore” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s romantic comedy about a love-sick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman. Pre-performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Prosecco reception with the cast. Tickets Rows B-C $45/Rows D-M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office MondaySaturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door. “Loners. Lovers. Freaks.” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. The Theatre Program presents its 22nd annual first year show, with 25 actors presenting scenes written by contemporary New York City writers. Directed by Michole Biancosino. Tickets $6. More info at middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168.
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‘I placed a jar’: poetry, porcelain and place in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 4:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. A talk by Edmund de Waal, world-renowned ceramicist and bestselling author of “The Hare with Amber Eyes.” De Waal’s ceramic work is included in the exhibition A Story of Art: Gifts and Bequests from Charles S. Moffett ’67 and Lucinda Herrick, currently on view at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Financial aid workshop in Bristol. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 6:30 p.m., Mt. Abraham Union High School. Offered by VSAC, this free workshop is designed to help families fill out the FAFSA and Vermont grant applications, ask questions, and learn about the college financial aid process. Internet access available and space is limited. Register at fsaid. ed.gov. Red Green on stage in Vergennes. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. In “I’m Not Old, I’m Ripe.” Green, otherwise known as Steve Smith, will reflect on the twists and turns of his life.
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Computer scam presentation in Vergennes. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Otter Creek Room, Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Addison County Retired Teachers hosts a presentation “Frauds, Scams, and Con Artists: Coming to a Computer Near You,” Presented by Elliott Greenblott, Vermont Coordinator AARP Fraud Watch Network. Barney Frank and John Sununu debate in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 4:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, Middlebury College. The Common Ground Committee, an organization devoted to engaging in civil discussion and constructive debate in order to move issues forward, presents The Honorable Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) and former Governor (R-NH) and White House Chief of Staff for George H.W. Bush, John Sununu, who will discuss the government’s role in creating economic opportunity. Financial aid workshop in Brandon. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 6 p.m., Otter Valley Union High School. Offered by VSAC, this free workshop is designed to help families fill out the FAFSA and Vermont grant applications, ask questions, and learn about the college financial aid process. Internet access available and space is limited. Register at fsaid. ed.gov. Robert Madrygin in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. This Vermont author will read from and discuss his novel, “The Solace of Trees.” Book Club Meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference Room, Crown Point Rd. and Short St. John le Carré’s novel “The Night Manager” will be the focus of the discussion. All interested readers welcome. More info at 802-758-2858.
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Rural economy meeting in Salisbury. Thursday, Oct. 12, 2-4 p.m., Salisbury Town Office, 25 Schoolhouse Rd. A hearing for the public to give recommendations for improving Vermont’s rural economy. Specifically, the Committee on Agriculture requests suggested ways or actions to encourage the growth or increased productivity of Vermont’s farming industry, forest product industry and rural businesses. “Seeing the World, as the First Step Toward Saving It” in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben discusses recent ways of seeing provided by today’s satellites and scientific instruments. In conjunction with the museum exhibit “Land and Lens.” Free. museum.middlebury.edu or 802-443-2291. Bridge Workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, Oct. 12, 5-7 p.m., Otter Creek Room, Bixby Memorial Library, 258 Main St. The first night of an eight-week workshop for both beginners and “rusty” players. Register by Oct. 9. More info
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EDMUND DE WAAL, world-renowned ceramicist and best-selling author of “The Hare with Amber Eyes,” will give a talk on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 4:30 p.m. at Robison Hall in the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College. One of de Waal’s works is included in the current Museum of Art exhibition “A Story of Art: Gifts and Bequests from Charles S. Moffett ’67 and Lucinda Herrick.”
contact Maddy or Sara 802-877-2211 or maddy. willwerth@bixbylibrary.com, or Irma Heeter 802-877-3377. Financial aid workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m., Vergennes Union High School. Offered by VSAC, this free workshop is designed to help families fill out the FAFSA and Vermont grant applications, ask questions, and learn about the college financial aid process. Internet access available and space is limited. Register at fsaid. ed.gov. Immigrant influences talk in Bristol. Thursday, Oct. 12, 7-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. In the latest One World Library Project presentation, Folklorist Gregory Sharrow will discuss the numerous waves of immigrants
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Green Mountain Club Watershed Center hike in Bristol. Friday, Oct. 13, Watershed parking area. Moderate four-mile hike on the Middle Forest Trail with possible extensions on side trails if group is interested. Wear appropriate clothing. Bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail. com or 802.388.5407. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Rummage and bake sale in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 North Pleasant St. Clothes, household goods, books, collectibles, something for everyone. Bake sale runs from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. “A New Acquisition after Titian” in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 12:30 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. In the 1660s, David Teniers the Younger compiled the first-ever visual inventory of an art collection, creating 243 small-scale copies of paintings owned by Archduke Wilhelm Leopold of Austria. Pieter Broucke discusses one such work, recently donated to the museum, depicting Titian’s early masterwork “Rest on the Flight to Egypt.” Free. museum.middlebury.edu or 802-443-2291. Art opening reception in Bristol. Friday, Oct. 13, 5-7 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main St. Reception for the show “Bringing the Outside In” with terrariums made Susan Goldstein, photos by Krista Cheney and collages by Aurora Davidson. Show runs through Nov. 12. Book Discussion in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 6-7 p.m., Shafer’s Market & Deli, 54 College St. Meet and discuss “The Fortunes” by Peter Ho Davies. Friday Night Book Club, for literaryminded folks, meets the second (or first occasionally) Friday of every month. New members are always welcome. ACTR feedback open house in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 6:15-7:15 p.m., ACTR Offices, 297 Creek Rd. Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking feedback from riders and other community members on proposed route and schedule redesigns for its in-county and Saturday LINK services. All are welcome. Call 802-3882287 48 hours in advance to arrange a ride to the open house. “L’Elisir D’Amore” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s romantic comedy about a love-sick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman. Pre-performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Tickets Rows B-C $45/Rows D-M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door. Soovin Kim, violin, performs in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Kim celebrates the release of his new solo Bach CD by performing Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 General public/$22 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/
arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168. Comedy night in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theatre, 65 Main St. Tina Friml and Katie Gillespie host a night of comedy, games, interviews, and more.! Featuring stand up performances by Sky Sandoval (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2017 Finalist), Tim Bridge (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2017 Winner), and Kendall Farrell (Vermont’s Funniest Comedian, 2015 Winner). Donations accepted. “Loners. Lovers. Freaks.” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 13, 8 and 10 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. The Theatre Program presents its 22nd annual first year show, with 25 actors presenting scenes written by contemporary New York City writers. Directed by Michole Biancosino. Tickets $6. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.
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Fall Open Studio Weekend Statewide. Saturday, Oct. 14, locations around Addison County. Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 8-10 a.m. Otter View Park, Weybridge St. and Pulp Mill Bridge Rd. Otter Creek Audubon and the Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community members to help us survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and the Hurd Grassland. Shorter and longer routes possible. Beginning birders are welcome. Come for all or part of the walk. More info at 802-388-1007 or 802-388-6019. Green Mountain Club Long Trail work day in Ripton. Saturday, Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m., Contact trail manager David Morrissey at dfmorrissey117@ gmail.com or 802-352-1060 to confirm participation and allow planning for an adequate number of tools and hard hats. Bring water and snacks/ lunch. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Rain date Sunday, Oct. 15. Fall Foliage Walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9-10:30 a.m., behind Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Middlebury College Landscape Join Horticulturist Tim Parsons on a walk along the TAM trail bordering the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and learn why Vermont’s fall foliage is so spectacular. More info at info@ maltvt.org. Rummage sale on Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol, 10 Park St. This year there will be a few tables at no charge to mothers that want to sell their children’s clothes. More info contact Nancy at 802-453-5276 by Oct. 7. Space is limited. Come and browse, always great bargains. Rummage sale in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9 a.m.-noon., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 North Pleasant St. Clothes, household goods, books, collectibles, something for everyone. $3 a bag. Charter House Coalition open house in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Charter House, 27 Pleasant St. Come for refreshments and a tour of the updated facilities, which provide a warming shelter, daily meal, community resources, day station, and friendship to locals in need. More info contact Samantha Kachmar at mskachmar@gmavt.net or charterhousecoalition. org. Fall Family Weekend chairlift rides and barbecue in Hancock. Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Middlebury College Snow Bowl. Lift Rides Adults $5/students $3. BBQ $7. All proceeds benefit the Middlebury Ski Patrol. More info at 802-443-7669 or middleburysnowbowl.com. Book sale in New Haven. Saturday, Oct, 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., New Haven Town Offices, 78 North St. The Friends of the New Haven Library host their biannual fundraiser with a large array of used books, ranging from fiction to how-to’s and everything else in between, including many children’s books. Everyone is invited to “take what you like and pay what you can.” All funds collected support of the New Haven Community Library. “Small City Prints Big” in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Kennedy Brothers parking lot, 11 Main St. Be a part of a community art experience when giant woodblock prints are made with a steamroller. A special project of the Boys and Girls Club of Vergennes, Vergennes Elementary School, and Creative Space gallery. Printing fee $20. Selected prints on view for silent auction Oct.
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FOLKLORIST GREGORY SHARROW will discuss the numerous waves of immigrants, like these weavers, into Vermont and their influences on all aspects of life in the state as part of the One World Library Project at Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol. The talk will take place on Thursday, Oct. 12, from 7-8:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
18-Oct. 22. Proceeds from the zsilent Auction to Benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Vergennes. “L’Elisir D’Amore” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Opera Company of Middlebury presents Donazetti’s romantic comedy about a lovesick waiter who tries to win the love a beautiful woman. Pre-performance talk at the Middlebury United Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. Tickets Rows B-C $45/Rows D-M $50/Balcony $60, available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door. Chicken pie supper in Granville. Saturday, Oct. 14, 5-7 p.m., 82 Post Office Hill Rd. No one goes home hungry at this benefit dinner for the Moss Glen Grange. Adults $10/$5 children under 12. The Twangtown Paramours on stage in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes, this husband and wife acoustic duo is known for their well-crafted and award-winning songs, top-notch lead singing, and fine harmonies. Tickets are $20. Pre-concert dinner for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music. net or on the net at brandon-music.net. Pete’s Posse on stage in Lincoln. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Part of the Burnham Music Series. Refreshments served. Handicap accessible. Tickets $10 adults/ teens and kids free. More info at 802-388-6863. “The Salesman” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. While rehearsing a production of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” a couple must evacuate their home. After moving, the wife is attacked, leaving her husband determined to find the attacker despite his wife’s objections. Free. middlebury.edu/art or 802-443-3168. Roast Turkey Supper in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 14, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main Street, across from the Vergennes Opera House. Menu includes roast turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, rolls, beverage and dessert, served buffet style. Adults $9/Children $5. Take out available. More info at 802-877-3150. Cocoon story-telling in Middlebury. Saturday, October 14, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon the Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live without notes. A reception with the storytellers follows. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168. “Loners. Lovers. Freaks.” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. The Theatre Program presents its 22nd annual first year show, with 25 actors presenting scenes written by
contemporary New York City writers. Directed by Michole Biancosino. Tickets $6. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.
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All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast in Addison. Sunday, Oct. 15, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, junction Routes 17 & 22A. A benefit for the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. Menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate, and orange juice. Funds will be used to purchase equipment. Adults $6/kids under 12 $4. More info at 802-759-2237. Fall Open Studio Weekend Statewide. Sunday, Oct. 15, locations around Addison County. Relay for Life 5K Color Run in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Ross Dining Hall, Middlebury College. Wear pink and run or walk in this fundraising event for cancer research as part of breast cancer awareness month. Participation fee $7, and includes t-shirt. Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 15, noon-5 p.m., VFW, Exchange St. Refreshments available. $3 donation. All fiddlers welcome. Fun and dancing. Hike into History in Orwell. Sunday, Oct. 15, 1-3:30 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. Independence Rd. Enjoy the last day of the 2017 season with a guided hike into history. Stephen Zeoli will be your guide. The focus will be on the effects at Mount Independence of British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga October 17, 1777, and the British withdrawal from the Mount on November 8, 1777. “Climate Justice: Assuring Fair Access for all Vermonters to a Clean and Healthy Environment” in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 15, 4-5:30 p.m., Congregational Church of Middlebury Sanctuary, 2 Main St. Join this Community Conversations Series panel discussion with Maeve McBride, director of the statewide environmental organization 350VT, Ingrid Pixley, board member of the Addison County Community Trust, and Marc Cesario, co-owner of Meeting Place Farm in Cornwall. Free and open to the public. Harvest celebration in Ripton. Sunday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m., Ripton Community Church, 1305 VT Route 125. Bring stories and songs to share and a non-perishable gift for the HOPE cornucopia. More info at 802-388-6107.
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and Fog (1955), with particular attention to how it illustrates the broader postwar phenomenon of secondary Holocaust witness. Free. middlebury. edu/art or 802-443-3168. ACTR feedback open house in Vergennes. Monday, Oct. 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Police Department, North Main Street. Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking feedback from riders and other community members on proposed route and schedule redesigns for its in-county and Saturday LINK services. All are welcome. Call 802-388-2287 48 hours in advance to arrange a ride to the open house. Musical humorist portrayal in Monkton. Monday, October 16, 7 p.m., Monkton Fire Station, 3747 State’s Prison Hollow Rd. Noted fiddler Adam Boyce will be portraying Charles Ross Taggart, Vermont musical humorist, near the end of his career in a Vermont Humanities Council More info contact the Monkton Museum and Historical Society at monktonmhs@gmail.com or 802-482-2277. NER Vermont Reading Series in Middlebury. Monday, Oct. 16, 7-8 p.m., Marquis Theater Southwest Café, 65 Main St. The New England Review is pleased to present Rob Hardy, April Ossmann, Jericho Parms, and Lizzie Apple, who will read from their new their poetry and essays. The Café will be open at 5:45 for dinner, and Vermont Book Shop will provide copies of the authors’ books. Addison County Democratic Committee meeting in Middlebury. Monday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. The main agenda item is to elect new county officers and delegates to the state Democratic Party. Democratic legislators will discuss issues likely to be taken up in the next legislative session. All Democrats are encouraged to attend. “Un Rapport sur la Banalité de L’amour” in stage in Middlebury. Monday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College. Performed in French, this play is the story of love between Hannah Arendt, a young Jewish woman and her German philosophy professor Martin Heidegger, during the rise of Nazi Germany. Free and open to the public.
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Let’s Grow Vermont tour in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m., Middlebury Town Hall, 77 Main St. The Addison County Chamber of Commerce invites you to join your neighbors and friends to focus on the challenges faced by Vermont’s shrinking workforce and build an agenda for economic growth. Free and open to the public. More
info and registration at addisoncountyedc.org/ services/events/lets-grow-vermont-tour. Senior foot care clinic in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m.-noon, Middlebury Recreation Center, 154 Creek Rd. “Visualizing Renewable Energy” talk in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m., Room 221, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Photographer Jamey Stillings has been photographing the earth for several decades with a particular interest in conservation and renewable energy. In conjunction with the museum exhibit “Land and Lens.” Free. museum.middlebury.edu or 802-443-2291. ACTR feedback open house in Bristol. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) is seeking feedback from riders and other community members on proposed route and schedule redesigns for its in-county and Saturday LINK services. All are welcome. Call 802-388-2287 48 hours in advance to arrange a ride to the open house. “The Sacred and the Secular” talk in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m., Room 304, Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, serves as the E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. Working outside the architectural mainstream, his architecture is based in design strategies that draw upon vernaculars, typologies, and the contradictions of place. Free. middlebury.edu/ art or 802-443-3168.
LIVEMUSIC Alex Smith in Bristol. Friday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Hatch 31. Mike Scott in Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m., Hatch 31. Twangtown Paramours in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Pete’s Posse in Lincoln. Saturday, Oct. 14, 7:30, Burnham Hall. Soovin Kim in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Dark Star Project in Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., Hatch 31. Snake Mountain Bluegrass in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music Stella Blue Sky in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. See a full listing of
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Musical Witness and Holocaust Representation in Middlebury. Monday, Oct. 16, 4:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall (Room 125), Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Amy Wlodarski, associate professor of music at Dickinson College, discusses the film score for Alain Resnais’s Holocaust documentary Nuit et Brouillard/Night
Will sparks fly?
THE HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN Barney Frank (D-MA), left, and former Governor and White House Chief of Staff John Sununu (R-NH) will discuss the government’s role in creating economic opportunity on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall at Middlebury College’s McCullough Student Center.
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Soovin Kim to perform Bach at Mahaney Center Internationally renowned soloist, Kim also performs as violinist Soovin Kim will appear the first violinist of the Johannes in Robison Hall at Middlebury String Quartet. He is well known College’s Mahaney Center for the in Korea as a member of MIK, Arts on Friday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. In his groundbreaking piano quartet ensemble. anticipation of the release Tickets are $28 for the of his upcoming new solo general public, and are Bach CD, he will perform on sale at 802-443-6433 Bach’s E major partita, G or middlebury.edu/arts/ minor sonata, and a minor tickets. The Mahaney sonata for solo violin. Center is located at 72 Kim’s many honors include the Paganini by Greg Pahl Porter Field Road in Middlebury, just off Competition first prize, Route 30 south, on the an Avery Fisher Career campus of Middlebury Grant, and the BorlettiBuitoni Trust Award. Most of us in College. Free parking is available Vermont, however, know him as curbside on Route 30 or in the Center one of our region’s most famous for the Arts parking lot. musicians. Raised in Plattsburgh, DONIZETI’S BELOVED N.Y., he was the youngest-ever COMIC OPERA AT THT The Opera Company of musician to join the Vermont Youth Orchestra (at age 10). He maintains Middlebury enters its 15th season a close relationship with the famed with a production of Donizetti’s Marlboro Music Festival, where he famous comedy, “L’Elisir d’Amore” often spends his summers. Since (The Elixir of Love), on Thursday, 2009, he has served as co-artistic Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. director of the acclaimed Lake Additional performances Champlain Chamber Music Festival, will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, and 2 held annually in Burlington. He has performed in past seasons with the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic and Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra. In addition to his career as a
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PETE’S POSSE will delight the ear in Lincoln on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Burnham Music Series.
p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14. The fizzy romantic opera tells the story of a con artist who convinces a town that his strange concoction can cure any ill — and can even make other people fall in love with you. Tucked into the laughter is one of the most famous tenor arias of all time, the haunting ballad “Una furtiva lagrima.” All of the singers in leading roles have sung with the company before. Douglas Anderson directs. Guest conductor Jeffrey Rink returns to the helm of the OCM Orchestra. T h e Middlebury College Chorus will once again serve as the opera’s chorus, under the direction of Dr. Jeff Buettner. Tickets range THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS return to from $45 to Brandon with their “Sophisticated Americana” music on Saturday, Oct 14, at 7:30 p.m. $60, and may
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be purchased at towhalltheater.org, by calling or visiting the THT box office, 802-382-9222 (MondaySaturday, noon to 5 p.m.), or at the door, if available. BRANDON MUSIC BRINGS BACK THE TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS The Twangtown Paramours will perform at Brandon Music on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The music of The Twangtown Paramours has been called “Sophisticated Americana,” and is a hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes. This husband and wife acoustic duo is known for their well crafted and award-winning songs, top-notch lead singing and fine harmonies. They have opened for Joe Ely, Claire Lynch, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Carrie Newcomer and Kim & Reggie Harris, among others, and have performed at nationally recognized venues such as Uncle Calvin’s in Dallas, Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, and the Bluebird Café in Nashville. Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.
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net for reservations or for more information. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon. PETE’S POSSE IN LINCOLN Pete’s Posse will be performing for the Burnham Music Series at Burnham Hall in Lincoln on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. The well-known multiinstrumentalist and troubadour, Pete Sutherland, has decades of concert touring, teaching and studio production behind him. His all-Vermont “posse” includes his talented young fiddle protégé and fellow Clayfoot Strutter, Oliver Scanlon, and the dynamic accompanist Tristan Henderson, also of Atlantic Crossing and Pipers Den. Featuring Pete’s rootsy songs, the band’s original and traditional fiddle music, and a few unique covers, this band provides a fine opportunity for an intimate listen to an everevolving musical friendship that spans generations. Admission is $10 for adults, teens and kids admitted free. Burnham Hall has handicap access, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call 802-388(See Arts Beat, Page 11) CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL
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Cosmic Forecast
THE OPERA COMPANY of Middlebury will stage “L’Elisir d’Amore,” Donizetti’s comic opera From Thursday, Oct 12 through Saturday Oct. 14 at Town Hall Theater. Thursday and Friday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and the Saturday show is at 2 p.m.
Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) 6863. Burnham Hall is located at 52 River Road in Lincoln. Doors open at 7 p.m. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be three live musical performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury. Join Two Brothers every Wednesday, at 9 p.m., for the Open Mic, an evening of music, comedy or anything else. Alternately hosted by Mark Sikora and Kai Stanley, come cheer on your friends or let loose on the stage. It’s free to enter, and there is no cover charge. Then, at 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, Two Brothers presents Double Or Nothing, a duo from Southeastern Mass., who will tackle Bruce Springsteen, Dispatch, Prince, Dire Straits, Coldplay and numerous other classic acts. Be sure to catch their debut in the lounge. There is a $3 cover. Finally, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, the Robin Gottfried Band takes to the Tavern’s stage. The band tears
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through tunes from artists including but not limited to Delbert McClinton, Stevie Wonder, the Neville Brothers, Steely Dan and Eric Clapton. There is a $3 cover. For more information, call 802-388-0002. INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES The 2017-2018 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Middlebury College with the 2017 Iran/France film, “The Salesman,” directed by Asghar Farhadi. After their old flat becomes damaged, Emad (Shahab Hosseini) and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti), a young couple living in Tehran, are forced to move into a new apartment. However, once relocated, a sudden eruption of violence linked to the previous tenant of their new home dramatically changes the couple’s life, creating a simmering tension between husband and wife. Winner: Best Screenplay (Farhadi); Best Actor (Shahab Hosseini) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. The film, in Persian and English with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children. COCOON AT COLLEGE Cocoon returns to Middlebury College at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon the Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live without notes. This fifth-annual community-wide event is produced by the creators of the Middlebury Moth-UP in partnership with the Mahaney Center for the Arts. A reception with the storytellers follows. Tickets: $15 General public, Visit middlebury.edu/arts or call 802-4433168.
ARIES: March 21-April 20. The people with whom you have been spending your time have enjoyed your company, Aries. Now you have an opportunity to widen your social horizons even further. TAURUS: April 21May 21. You have a specific goal in mind and a plan to accomplish it, Taurus. What you may not have counted on are the little obstacles that tend to pop up. Take them one by one. GEMINI: May 22June 21. You might get a kick out of beating someone at his or her own game, Gemini. Just make sure you keep things lighthearted and that others are not slighted by your efforts. CANCER: June 22July 22. Cancer, someone you love is far away and you are trying every way possible to close the distance. An impromptu trip to reconnect may be in order. LEO: July 23-Aug. 23. Leo, you have been keeping a close watch on all of your behaviors for a while now. This week you may be ready to let loose a bit and enjoy yourself with friends. VIRGO: Aug. 24-Sept. 22. Some exciting news is coming your way, Virgo. Just be patient for a little longer because it will be well worth it to hear what others can’t wait to tell you. LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Libra, a busy week means it’s necessary to minimize distractions. This will help you get to the bottom of a problem much quicker. A time to relax is on the horizon. SCORPIO: Oct. 24Nov. 22. Even though you can’t pinpoint it directly, Scorpio, you can tell something is going
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Only four seasons? Look again to see the micro-seasons between In New England, the edge of autumn feels like no other time of year. The cool nights and warm afternoons call mid-May to mind, but the dawn woods are quiet and splashed with yellow and red. As the days teeter between summer and fall, I wonder if they belong to either of these seasons or to a season all their own. Although our four-season calendar makes perfect astronomical sense, its simplicity masks the constant change of the northern year. In a 1991 New York Times essay, W. D. Wetherell offered a more nuanced approach to classifying seasons, describing springtime in the Connecticut River Valley as a progression of four phases: “the start of Red Sox coverage in the newspapers; maple syrup season; the day the ice disappears on the lakes; [and] the smelt run.” But he also acknowledged the competing chronology of cabin fever, mud season, and black fly season. For a uniform model of nature-based timekeeping, we can look 6,000 miles west to Japan. In that country, a centuries-old calendar organizes the passage of time into twenty-four mini-seasons, called sekki. Each mini-season encompasses three micro-seasons (or kō) for a total of seventy-two distinct periods of five to six days. This intricate system was adapted from Chinese sources and formalized in 1685 by the Imperial Court astronomer, Shibukawa Shunkai. Though supplanted by the western calendar in 1873, Japanese microseasons continue to inspire appreciation for nature’s annual events. They also reveal striking parallels between Japan and New England, particularly during the transition from summer to fall. Toward the end of August, dense morning mist shrouds Japanese valleys during a micro-season called fukaki kiri matō, meaning “thick fog descends.” As in our region, this phenomenon continues through September, when swallows leave (tsubame saru) and thunder ceases (kaminari sunawachi koe o osamu). There is poetic comfort in the idea of fog settling over the land like a blanket. However, atmospherically astute poets understand that valley fog does not descend from above, but rather forms near the ground under conditions that often occur at this time of year. Each night, after the September sun slips below the horizon, the earth radiates warmth into the atmosphere. If winds are calm, this radiation may cause a temperature inversion, with warm air aloft and cool air layered below. The colder, heavier air will then drain into hollows and valleys. If the air’s temperature drops to the dew point, water vapor will condense into tiny, suspended droplets. These form either fog, which limits visibility to less than five-eighths of a mile, or mist, which is more transparent. Ground fog is most likely to develop when skies are clear and
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the earth is wet from recent rain. In September, it may mix with steam fog rising off the surface of lakes and rivers. These ghostly wisps typically form in late summer and fall, when cool air moves across warm water. In my experience, they are best viewed from the margin of a mixedwood swamp, where brilliant red maples glow through the murk.
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As the sun’s light strengthens, valley fog may rise up and form stratus clouds. More often, the airborne droplets dissipate and continue through the water cycle. The same molecules that form this month’s thick fog will reappear in various arrangements when dew glistens white on grass (kusa no tsuyu shiroshi), during the time of first frost (shimo hajimete furu), and when fish emerge from the ice (uo kōri o izuru). Soon after, April showers will bring May flowers — to New
England and Japan. In fact, water molecules now coursing through our woods could one day flow through forests of Hokkaido, the great northern island of Japan. Hokkaido’s mountains and valleys brighten each fall with colorful crowns of maple and birch offset by deep-green spires of spruce and fir. The individual species may differ from ours, but the spectacle does not. Through even a fine mist, Hokkaido’s landscape could be mistaken for New England. I appreciate this blur between lands and the mutability of seasons in both places. And I recognize the
folly of packing nature’s happenings into tidy boxes. Still, I will always think of this week as a time of fog descending on swamp maples. Dan Lambert is assistant director of the Center for Northern Woodlands Education. He traveled to Japan as an exchange student in 1987 and vividly recalls the dawn view of valley fog from the summit of Mount Fuji. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine, northernwoodlands.org, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.
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ANDY AND BRONIA Van Benthuysen plan to retire in April to a home they own in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico. In the meantime they are doing what they can to help their friends and neighbors in the U.S. territory and are urging others to help also. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
(Continued from Page 1) two weeks after Maria passed over still lacked power over 95 percent of its territory; faces critical shortages of food, water, medicine and other supplies; has suffered major damage to its roads, bridges and waste disposal systems; and has seen countless homes and buildings destroyed. Because their home in Moca, in northwestern Puerto Rico, and its solar panels survived the storm, the Van Benthuysens have been able to get first-hand reports from their tenants. And other than the good news about their property, those reports have not been reassuring, said Bronia, a Glens Falls, N.Y., native whose family moved to Forestdale when she was 12. “Just from what my tenants are telling me, it’s worse than what you’re seeing on the news,” said Bronia, 56. “Some towns are just totally devastated. Our house was spared, thank God, but there are a lot of roads that were washed out. And people just can’t get through. They can’t get to gas. They can’t get into town to grocery stores, and grocery stores are pretty much wiped out.” It took a while for the Van Benthuysens to get any news from their tenants because the local cell phone tower was blown over, and travel was a challenge. “They had to drive into town and search for a signal,” said Andy, 61. “It took at least a week.” Not knowing what happened was tough. “It was a long week,” Bronia said. Finally, they got the word, said Andy, a South Burlington native whose family moved to Jericho when he was 12. “They lost a few trees, but other than that it came out all right. Our tenants are fine. It’s an all-concrete house, flat concrete roof,” he said. “There are mountains around us. We’re kind of in a little bowl. I think that kind of protected us as well.” Life wasn’t easy for their tenants, (See Puerto Rico, Page 15)
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Puerto Rico (Continued from Page 14) with power out to the island water system that served them and thus no running water, but they were lucky compared to most on the island, and they were able to help their family members and friends. But others they and their tenants know did not fare so well. “I cried a lot of tears the last couple weeks,” Bronia said. “The woman we bought our house from bought a house in Utuado (in more central Puerto Rico), and Utuado was very hard hit. Her house is, she thinks, gone, she doesn’t know for sure. But her uncle’s house, who is next door, was destroyed, floated away in the mudslide. She lives in Virginia now, but her home and her tenants were there, and she hasn’t heard from them. We heard from some folks we know in Cabo Rojo (along the western coast), and their house was destroyed.” ISLAND DISCOVERY The Van Benthuysens bought their home in Puerto Rico in 2010, 10 years after they met and nine years after they married. In 2000 Andy was a self-employed plumber then living in Fairfax with a steady side gig playing bass guitar with “Jimmy T and the Cobras.” Bronia had owned the Brandon restaurant Miss B’s Kitchen for many years after working at the former Brandon Training School until it closed. How did they meet? “I played in a band, and she was good friends with the keyboard player’s wife,” Andy said. They married in 2001, and in 2006 Bronia sold her restaurant and cooked at Steve’s Park Diner in Middlebury for almost a decade. She took other cooking jobs, but decided after three decades of restaurant work to change directions, and she has been doing respite care work. Andy for the past 17 years has worked as a state buildings master plumber, responsible for territory from New Haven to Bennington, with an office in Middlebury. After a few years of marriage they discussed retirement. “We started talking about it and decided the way we were going our only retirement plan was to work until we died, and that didn’t sound like a plan,” Andy said. In 2006 friends invited them on a Caribbean cruise, and their plans crystallized. “We kind of fell in love with the islands when we were down there. And right afterward we sold the restaurant and we started making plans and looking at the different islands and the possibility of moving down there,” Andy said. In 2010 they spent $120,000 for their property outside of Moca, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a fully functioning solar array, room for Andy to set up a recording studio, and annual property taxes of $82. “I’ll be able to retire at 62 and we’ll be able to live on the little I get from the state and Social Security. And we’ll be pretty comfortable
down there,” Andy said. “There will be no electrical bills because of the solar, and no heating bills.” They are not concerned it is completely off the grid, even after Maria. “We’re Vermonters. We know how to grow things,” Bronia said. HELPING OUT But they are concerned about their fellow American citizens in Puerto Rico. “The biggest worry is food, and getting them water. I can’t imagine. You survive this horrible thing, and now two weeks later you still can’t get food. And without power you
can’t use you ATM card, and people are only accepting cash, and people aren’t that well off to begin with. How much cash can they have had?” Andy said. “So I really worry about their survival.” Bronia last week took baby formula and mosquito spray to Cape Air in Rutland, which she said through this past Friday was offering to fly supplies for free to the island. Jet Blue might still be making that offer, said Bronia, who also donated to Save the Children, which she said is now focusing on Puerto Rico. “There are a lot of companies doing great things. I won’t talk
about what the government’s doing, or not doing, but there are a lot of great things,” she said. They noted the west end of Puerto Rico has been overlooked, although they were happy to see last week the airport near the northwestern city of Aguadilla had been reopened. “They just two days ago declared the west end a disaster zone,” said Andy on Thursday. “They hadn’t even declared it a disaster zone until 12 days after the fact. They hadn’t sent anything out here. There were no communications, so they had no way of knowing.” In their trips in November and
January before the permanent move in April they will pack as much aid as possible along with their luggage. “We’ll stay in touch with our tenants to find out what we can do best, what we can bring down, what do they need,” Andy said. The Van Benthuysens said nothing that has happened has made them doubt their plans. “We are still going on April 9. We will help those good people build that island … They are incredible people there,” Bronia said, adding, “The phrase they’re using right now is, ‘Se levante.’ We will rise. And they will. I have no doubt.”
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Tigers, Eagles battle to tie in field hockey By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Two Division II high school field hockey teams in need of wins met at Middlebury Union High School on Thursday, but the Tigers and visiting Mount Abraham settled for a 2-2 tie. For Coach Chelsey Giuliani’s Tigers the deadlock was a solid result after opening with seven losses. Most importantly, Giuliani said, her team has stayed upbeat despite the lack of victories. “I’ve been really proud of that. As a coaching staff we’ve really emphasized each game is an education, versus the black and white, win and loss. For the players to view it as such, we can only go up from there,” she said. “Games like today are important because they can only reinforce the work we put in is paying off.” Coach Mary Stetson’s Eagles left Jette Field with a 3-4-3 record, with all but three games vs. D-I programs. Thursday’s result put the Eagles at 2-0-1 against their divisional opponents. The Eagles were coming off a 5-1 loss at home to Champlain Valley on Tuesday. Stetson said the Eagles have to understand they might not have the best record entering the D-II playoffs, but that they need to play with confidence regardless of
results. “We working on playing our best hockey, and as you know our conference schedule is really, really tough. So it’s how well we’re going to learn from defeats,” Stetson said. “It’s believing we can compete when we start the game, not waiting to see how we’re going to play that day. That’s what we’re working on. So a lot of what we need to work on is our mental game.” Stetson also praised the Tigers for probably their best effort of the fall, which also came two days after a disappointing loss, 6-2 at U-32. “I think you have that when rivalry games happen, and you always hope that for your kids,” Stetson said, adding, “I think we’ll be a tougher team than our record indicates, and so will Middlebury.” After an early Tiger chance created by wing Blair Stone and middie Naoko Maruyama the Eagles took charge, earning four penalty corners between the ninth and 12th minutes. Forwards Evan Laurent and Jalen Cook took shots, and Tiger center middie Laura Whitley saved a bid behind goalie Bridget Audet. The Eagles struck at 16:26. Cook sent a ball in from the right side, and Laurent relayed a shot into the lower left corner. Then the Tigers came alive. Short-
MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Gabrielle Sullivan splits two Eagle defenders and centers a pass last Thursday in Middlebury. The teams tied 2-2. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
ly after a Whitley-to-Stone connection just missed, forward Phoebe Smith knotted the score at 13:41. Right middie Carly Larocque spotted Smith cutting alone into the Eagle circle, and Smith, at about the penalty stroke line, knocked the ball just past onrushing Eagle goalie Chessley Jackman and inside the left post. Two minutes later the Tigers were back for more. Right back Abby LaRock stepped up to break up a clear and fed Whitley, who forced the game’s first Tiger penalty corner.
The Eagles nearly cleared, but the Tigers sent it back in toward the left post, and left wing Maeve Hammel tucked it home at 11:09. Both defenses — Raven Payne in the middle flanked by LaRock and Olivia Beauchamp for MUHS, and Emily Aldrich in the middle flanked by Julia Norris and Carley Sherwin for the Eagles — then settled in after that goal, although Eagle middie Abby Perlee almost tipped in a penalty corner feed from middie Olivia Young as the half ended. Early in the second the Tigers
had a flurry, with Jackman stopping Maruyama three times, twice in one sequence after she took a feed from Whitley six minutes into the half. Then the Eagles dominated. Audet came out to force a Cook shot to go wide left in the ninth minute, and Audet denied Cook in the 10th and 13th minutes. Giuliani called for time at 16:20, but after that the Eagles kept coming. An aggressive step into the attack by Aldrich forced a penalty corner, and they converted at 14:57, (See Field Hockey, Page 18)
Tiger boys’ soccer shows well in stalemate vs. Tide By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ soccer team on Saturday showed against visiting Spaulding many reasons why the group has had a successful fall. The 5-1-3 Tigers moved the ball well, pressured the Tide all over the field, and created chances in outshooting Spaulding, 28-7. But they did not win. MUHS needed sophomore Eben Jackson’s well-placed direct kick in the 71st minute to salvage a 1-1 tie against the 0-7-2 Tide. It was unfortunate they trailed: The Tide’s goal in the second half came after a long direct kick into the Tiger penalty box that MUHS senior goalie Santiago Fernandez caught even though it was wellstruck. He came out, left his feet and fully controlled the ball with both hands. But on the goalie’s way down a Tide player slammed into Fernandez, knocking him — and the ball MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School sophomore Joseph Findlay tries to control a loose ball during — to the ground. Spaulding strikSaturday’s game against Spaulding. The teams tied 1-1. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
er Miles Aja banged the ball home after neither referee whistled the foul. One official later said he was screened; the other, according to Fernandez, told the goalie he had not been touched. That opinion was not widely shared. Regardless, after the game MUHS Coach Reeves Livesay focused on what has gone well for the Tigers, starting with the work of his midfield — seniors J.D. Goettelmann and Tyler Giorgio on the flanks, and junior Ben Turner and Jackson and sophomore Owen Palcsik in the middle — in creating offense and setting up senior striker Camden Simpson. “We’ve just turned into a possession team. Our midfielders do a good job of moving the ball and playing the ball quickly,” Livesay said. Meanwhile, in front of Santiago a rebuilt defense — juniors Tucker Moulton and Benjamin Crawford in the middle and sophomores Joseph Findlay and Devon Kearns on the (See Soccer, Page 17)
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Soccer Palcsik missed wide right. (Continued from Page 16B) The Tigers were more dangerflanks — has pitched four shutouts while allowing five goals in nine ous in the second half, launching 12 shots after seven in the first, but games. “They do a really solid job back still lacked a finishing touch. “Our midfielders moved the ball there. We haven’t given up many opportunities,” Livesay said. “It’s a real well. What was missing, particyoung group, and really very quick- ularly in the first half, was just findly this year they gelled and sorted ing that penetrating pass to get us in behind the backs,” things out.” Livesay said. “In Against a Tide the second half team with a miswe looked for leading record — those passes a litfive of its seven “We’ve just turned tle more, but we losses have come weren’t able to by one goal — into a possession get anyone on the the Tigers took team. Our back end of those charge early, with passes.” Jackson firing midfielders do a Still, Giorgio, three shots and good job of moving Jackson, Turner Tide goalie Parker the ball and playing and Simpson all Spaulding (seven pressed, and Findsaves) denying the ball quickly.” lay stepped into Giorgio, the left the attack and just middie, at the near MUHS Coach, missed in the 25th post and coming Reeves Livesay minute. Finally, out to smother a Simpson drew a run by Tiger jufoul just outside nior middie Max the Tide box, and Hirdler. Jackson drilled a The Tide relied on long balls to counterattack 21-yard shot around the wall into against the Tiger pressure, mostly the left side of the net, with the goaldown the middle, where repeatedly ie going the other way believing his Crawford headed the ball back to wall had the left corner covered. The Tigers earned a 9-0 edge in MUHS and Moulton beat forwards to the ball. Fernandez made three shots in overtime. But Spaulding first-half saves, but made them came out of his net to deny Simplook easy. As the half wound down, son on a Giorgio feed and Tide deMUHS nearly clicked on a Moulton fender Camden Child recovered to direct kick from the left side that get a foot on a Turner shot at the sophomore Ethan Kent knocked penalty stripe to snuff out the best back across the goalmouth, but Tiger threats.
TIGER SENIOR CAMDEN Simpson avoids a Spaulding defender and advances the ball up the field Saturday afternoon in Middlebury.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Livesay credited Tide defenders Child and Dylan D’Agostino. “Their center backs did a really nice job,” he said. The Tigers won at Missisquoi on Wednesday, 5-0. Simpson scored twice and Giorgio, David Peters and Palcsik added a goal apiece. Fernandez made seven saves, while Kyle Gilbert stopped seven shots for MVU.
Livesay is optimistic about the Tigers, who visit Vergennes on Tuesday and streaking Mount Abraham on Friday. “We’ve been playing well, and we’re putting ourselves in a position that we may be able to have a home game in the tournament, and put ourselves in a position to hopefully go out and win one or two. Or three,” he said.
By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY – A Division II Burr & Burton football team and a quarterback firing on all cylinders pinned a 36-7 loss on host Middlebury Union High School on Friday, hurting the Tigers’ D-I playoff positioning. The Tigers are now 3-3 with two regular season games to go, at 6-0 Burlington this Friday and at 3-3 Champlain Valley on Oct. 21. Coach Dennis Smith tipped his hat to 5-1 Burr & Burton and QB Jay McCoy, who completed 19 of 28 attempts for 288 yards and four touchdowns and ran 23 times for another 128 yards and a fifth TD. In all the Bulldogs amassed 467 yards of offense. Smith also hinted this fall could be the Bulldogs last in D-II for a while. “We ran into a damn good Division II football team, and they came ready to play football. And they executed very well,” he said. “They could be D-I. They played us just as well as Hartford played us.” As for the Tigers, Smith said it might be a night best forgotten, although they showed signs of life in the second half after falling behind by 22-0 at the break, scoring once and mounting two long drives. “I just said to them we all have bad days, and we’ve just got to take this thing and just get it out of our heads. There might not be a film session of this game on Sunday night,” Smith said. “It’s a tough one to swallow, so do you really want to take a look at it again, or do you just want to start fresh?” McCoy tossed three touchdown passes in the first half. Two came in the first quarter, 21 yards to Logan Morgan and 9 yards to John Morgantini. Cameron Hedberg also kicked a (See Football, Page 18)
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MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School sophomore Eben Jackson fires a shot on goal during Saturday’s 1-1 tie with Spaulding. Jackson scored the Tigers’ only goal. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 10/5 Mt. Abe vs. MUHS............................2-2 10/6 Burr & Burton vs. OV........................1-0 Football 10/6 Burr & Burton vs. MUHS.................36-7 10/6 Mt. Anthony vs. OV.........................40-7 10/7 Bellows Falls vs. Mt. Abe................60-0 Girls’ Soccer 10/4 Mt. Abe vs. Rice................................6-2 10/6 MUHS vs. Spaulding........................2-1 10/6 Leland & Gray vs. OV.......................1-0 10/7 Mt. Abe vs. VUHS.............................7-0 Boys’ Soccer 10/4 MUHS vs. Missisquoi........................5-0 10/4 Mt. Abe vs. Spaulding.......................1-0 10/4 Milton vs. VUHS...............................5-0 10/5 Twin Valley vs. OV............................2-0 10/6 OV vs. Fair Haven............................3-0 10/7 Mt. Abe vs. VUHS.............................1-0 10/7 Spaulding vs. MUHS........................1-1 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 10/7 Midd. vs. Tufts..................................1-0 Men’s Soccer 10/7 Tufts vs. Midd...................................4-0 Field Hockey 10/7 Midd. vs. Tufts..................................3-2 Football 10/7 Midd. vs. Amherst.........................35-31
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Field Hockey (Continued from Page 16) with Perlee knocking in the crosscrease feed from Cecilia Vichi this time, after Young fed Vichi. Two minutes later Audet stopped Cook on a penalty corner and Cook hit the post on the rebound. Although both teams had chances in regulation, the real drama came in overtime. First, the Eagles earned a penalty corner when Payne stopped a shot behind Audet, but with her
foot. Stetson called Aldrich up from the back to take it, but Audet blocked away Aldrich’s waist-high bid toward the right side. In the final minute Jackman came out to kick away a Larocque serve in the box, and then Cook went on a coast-to-coast breakaway. But again Audet came up big, deflecting the bid wide right as time expired. Giuliani was pleased with Audet’s play and improved defense, a focus
in practice on Wednesday after the Tigers allowed six goals on Tuesday. But mostly she is happy with her team’s frame of mind. “Everybody who steps on that field wants it. Whether there are executional errors, you can’t control that,” Giuliani said. “You can control the want. That’s never a question.” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.
TIGER SENIOR RAVEN Payne, right, tries to sweep around Eagles Chloe Lyons, left, and Jalen Cook Last week in Middlebury. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, Oct. 10 5 a.m. Health Care Forum 6:30 a.m. Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard 1 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB) 3 p.m. Energy Week 4 p.m. Congregational Church 7 p.m. Selectboard 10:30 p.m. Health Care Forum Wednesday, Oct. 11 5 a.m. Development Review Board 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB 3:30 p.m. Health Care Forum 5 p.m. Vote for Vermont 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:15 p.m. Public Affairs 8 p.m. Selectboard, Health Care Forum Thursday, Oct. 12 5 a.m. Energy Week 6 a.m. Public Affairs from VMX 7 a.m. Vote for Vermont 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 11:30 a.m. Eckankar 12 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Lifelines 7:30 p.m. DRB, Green Mt. Care Board Friday, Oct. 13 5 a.m. Eckankar 5:30 a.m. Green Mt. Care Board, Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Eckankar 8 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs
Saturday, Oct. 14 5 a.m. Public Affairs 8:30 a.m. Lifelines 9:30 a.m. Eckankar 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 6:45 p.m. Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Public Affairs 10:30 p.m. Energy week 11:30 p.m. Green Mt. Care Board Sunday, Oct. 15 5 a.m. Public Affairs (VMX) 9 a.m. Catholic Mass 9:30 a.m. Vote for Vermont 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 12:30 p.m. Selectboard 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Eckankar 6:45 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Catholic Mass 7:30 p.m. Public Affairs Monday, Oct. 16 5 a.m. Energy Week 8 a.m. Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB 6:45 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Energy Week 8 p.m. Lifelines 9:30 p.m. Green Mt. Care Board MCTV Channel 16 Tuesday, Oct. 10 5:45 a.m. The Archaeology of Burlington Intervale 7 a.m. Ecology & Geology of Vermont 8 a.m. David Budbill Memorial Celebration (6/25/17) 9:30 a.m. Vermont State Board of Education 5:30 p.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) 6:12 p.m. Bookstock – Marianne Leone
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(Continued from Page 17) field goal in the first quarter, which ended at 15-0 as Hedberg also missed two extra points. The Tigers slowed the Bulldogs in the second period, but after a blocked punt McCoy tossed a 2-yard TD pass to Morgantini in the final minute. The Bulldog defense held the Tigers to 67 yards in the half. The Tigers scored on their first drive of the second half, a 70-yard march capped by a 9-yard run by Tyler Hotte (18 carries for 82 yards, plus a 17-yard reception). QB Cody Pomainville (six for 12, 129 yards) completed a 35-yard pass to Zach Dunn on that drive. The Tigers got the ball back and Pomainville tossed a 36-yard bomb down the left sideline to Jackson Donahue, who lost his balance as he made a sensational over-the-shoulder catch and then lost the ball when hit. Bulldog Joey McCoy recovered the fumble and returned it to the B&B 36. The Bulldogs then moved to the clinching TD, a 4-yard Jay McCoy run. McCoy, who faced little pressure in the pocket, threw a 75-yard TD pass to Jake Nicholson in the late going. For MUHS Paul Deering added nine carries for 38 yards and Lance Sheldrick caught two passes for 41 yards. The Tigers picked up 178 yards in the second half. Smith said he was happy to see the Tigers fight back after the break, and that they are better than they showed on Friday. “I think we can play with anybody if we play well like we did against St. Johnsbury,” he said.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 10/9 Burlington at MUHS....................3:45 p.m. 10/11 MUHS at Colchester.................3:45 p.m. 10/11 Essex at Mt. Abe.......................3:45 p.m. 10/11 OV at Windsor...............................4 p.m. 10/13 CVU at MUHS..........................3:45 p.m. 10/13 Mt. Abe at Rice.........................3:45 p.m. 10/14 OV at Springfield......................... 11 a.m. Football 10/13 MUHS at Burlington.......................7 p.m. 10/13 Mt. Abe at N. Country....................7 p.m. 10/14 OV at Mill River..............................1 p.m. Girls’ Soccer 10/9 MUHS at VUHS...............................4 p.m. 10/11 MUHS at Mill River........................4 p.m. 10/11 Missisquoi at Mt. Abe.....................4 p.m. 10/11 VUHS at Spaulding........................4 p.m. 10/14 Mt. Abe at Spaulding...................10 a.m. 10/14 Rice at MUHS..............................10 a.m. 10/14 Milton at VUHS............................10 a.m. Boys’ Soccer 10/10 MUHS at VUHS.............................4 p.m. 10/10 Milton at Mt. Abe............................4 p.m. 10/10 OV at Woodstock...........................4 p.m. 10/12 Mill River at OV..............................4 p.m. 10/13 VUHS at Missisquoi.......................1 p.m. 10/13 MUHS at Mt. Abe...........................4 p.m. Cross Country 10/10 Mt. Abe at Fairfax.....................3:30 p.m. 10/10 OV at Castleton........................3:30 p.m. 10/14 Mt. Abe/MUHS/VUHS at Harwood...1 p.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 10/11 Midd. at Castleton.........................7 p.m. 10/14 Trinity at Midd................................2 p.m. Men’s Soccer 10/11 Castleton at Midd...........................4 p.m. 10/14 Trinity at Midd.............................. 11 a.m. Field Hockey 10/14 Trinity at Midd.............................. 11 a.m. Football 10/14 Williams at Midd............................1 p.m. Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.
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7 p.m. David Budbill Memorial Celebration (6/25/17) 8:30 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 10:30 p.m. The Story Matters 11 p.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) Wednesday, Oct. 11 5 a.m. Vermont State Board of 12:45 p.m. Archaeology of Burlington Intervale 2 p.m. Ecology & Geology in Vermont 3 p.m. Forests-Carbon & Climate Resistance Approaches for Woodland Management 4:45 p.m. Bookstock-Marianne Leone 5:30 p.m. HCC (9/13/17) 6:30 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 7:30 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 9:30 p.m. Ecology & Geology in Vermont 10:30 p.m. The Story Matters Thursday, Oct. 12 5:30 a.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:30 a.m. The Story Matters 7:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 8:30 a.m. Archaeology of Burlington Intervale 9:45 a.m. Ecology & Geology in Vermont 10:45 a.m. Forests-Carbon & Climate Resistance Approaches for Woodland Management 12:30 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 2:16 p.m. Bookstock-Marianne Leone 3 p.m. Keep talking-Autism Spectrum Disorder 3:30 p.m. The Story Matters 4:15 p.m. All Things LGTBQ 5:15 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 7:01 p.m. HCC Board Meeting Friday, Oct. 13 5 a.m. The Story Matters 5:30 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange 9 a.m. ACSD Board Meeting 10:46 a.m. Archaeology of Burlington Intervale 12 p.m. Ecology & Geology of Vermont 1 p.m. First Wednesdays
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HCC Board meeting The Story Matters Abled and On Air All Things LGBTQ Forests-Carbon & Climate Resistance Approaches for Woodland Management Saturday, Oct. 14 12:30 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange 5:30 a.m. First Wednesdays 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:36 a.m. Abled and On Air 8 a.m. The Story Matters 12 p.m. HCC & ACSD Board Meetings 4 p.m. Chronique Francophone 4:36 p.m. First Wednesdays 6 p.m. Musical Performances from Vermont Sunday, Oct. 15 5 a.m. Musical Performances from Vermont 7 a.m. Moccasin Tracks 8 a.m. Frist Wednesdays 10 a.m. ACSD, HCC, School Board Meetings 5 p.m. First Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. The Story Matters 8 p.m. Abled and On Air 8:25 p.m. Chronique Francophone 9 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 10 p.m. Musical Performances from Vermont Monday, Oct. 16 5 a.m. First Wednesdays 7 a.m. ACSD Board Meeting 8:55 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. Moccasin Tracks 11:30 a.m. Abled and On Air 12 p.m. The Story Matters 1 p.m. First Wednesdays 5 p.m. The Story Matters 6 p.m. Musical Performances from Vermont 10 p.m. Vermont State Board of Education
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Students of the Week from area High Schools Otter Valley Union High School Mount Abraham Union High School Otter Valley Union High School is happy to present Gabriela Poalino as its Student of the Week. Gabby lives in Pittsford with her parents, Toni and Michael Poalino. Throughout high school Gabby has been a Scholar Roll student. Many of her classes have been honors or AP level courses and Dual Enrollment through Castleton University. From grades 9-11, she has earned academic excellence awards. During her junior year she was inducted into the National Honor Society and received the Yale Book Award/Scholarship. She also received a scholarship to the Sage Colleges and the Society of Women Engineers Merit of Honor Award. Gabby has played soccer, basketball, and softball throughout high school and has been the soccer team captain in grades 11 and 12. By the end of her senior year she will have received 12 varsity letters and numerous athletic awards. She has been class Vice President since grade 10, Student Council President this year, and a member of the first Otter Valley Athletic Leadership Council. She has worked at Sugar and Spice since June of 2016 as a busser and recently started an internship at Therapydia in Rutland. She volunteers at the Rutland County Humane Society walking and socializing with dogs, and has donated to the Salvation Army, Pittsford Food Shelf, and the Pittsford Recreation Center. Last year, she organized a raffle for the annual Coaches Gabriela Poalino vs. Cancer basketball game and raised close to $500. Gabby also leads a O.V.U.H.S. basketball practice at Lothrop Elementary School for girls in grades 5 and 6. Outside of school she enjoys playing with her travel softball team, the Vermont Cougars, as well as traveling, kayaking, and spending time with friends and family. Gabby says of high school, “My high school experience has taught me to not dwell on that past or get lost in the future, but to live in the moment … do what makes you happy, reach for your goals and never look back, but don’t be afraid to ask for help along the way.” After high school Gabby plans to earn a degree in Athletic Training and become an athletic trainer for a professional sports team. Gabby’s teacher Lori Robear says, “I have been consistently impressed with Gabby’s level of engagement both in her classes and our community. Our school relies on Gabby to assist with a variety of school-related activities requiring positive role models who possess genuine “otter” qualities and a strong work ethic. It is without question that Gabby’s engaging personality and team approach make her a natural when we look to students to serve as ambassadors for our school. I am fully confident that Gabby will continue to ask how she can best assist at the college level because helping others is at her core.” Everyone at Otter Valley Union High School wishes Gabby well in all her future endeavors.
Mount Abraham Union High School is pleased to present Bailey Allard as its Student of the Week. Bailey, or Bails, lives in Bristol with her mother and, stepfather Melissa and Ryan Denecker, during the week and most weekends with her father and stepmother, Patrick and Darcy Allard. Bailey has two older stepsiblings, Casey and Brooke, and two younger half-siblings, Chance and Kennedy. Bailey has been on the honor roll every semester of her high school career. In her sophomore year she was one of three people in her year to be awarded a certificate in United States History for reading and writing. She was also awarded a certificate in English for reading and writing collaboration. Currently she is enrolled in two Advanced Placement classes: AP Biology and AP Language and Composition. She attended Green Mountain Auxiliary Girls State this summer. Bailey played soccer, softball and basketball from elementary school through grade nine and continued playing basketball until her junior year of high school. She has danced for Middlebury Spotlight on Dance for nine years. This year she is running cross country for the first time. Since her junior year, Bailey has been yearbook editor, and prior to that served as assistant editor her sophomore year and coverage editor her freshman year. Bailey Allard With her family, she volunteers every year at Three Day Stampede in M.A.U.H.S. Bristol, raising money to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. She is also part of the Addison County Young Life and gives her Monday nights to lead songs at Young Life club. This past summer volunteered at the Young Life camp in Saranac Lake. In grade nine she worked for InStiches and Pine Tree Gardens, both in Bristol. Currently she works at Fire and Ice Restaurant in Middlebury, and as a desk attendant at Bristol Health and Fitness. She also babysits. When not in school or working, Bailey enjoys running, hiking, camping, boating, watching Netflix, working, working out, babysitting, family vacations, traveling, photography, laying on the beach, shopping, spending time on the lake or just outside in general with her family, dancing with her sister and hunting. Bailey believes that getting involved and keeping a positive attitude about everything is very crucial to her school success. She says, “make the best out of your high school experience, even if you hate it, I am sure you can find something that you are passionate about. You only get to live it once, and there are so many opportunities if you look for them.” After high school Bailey plans to attend a college in New England, and eventually work toward master’s degree in radiology, dentistry or pediatrics. Everyone at Mount Abe wishes Bailey the best of luck.
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Editor’s note: The writer of this story is son of David and Porter Knight of Bristol and a 2016 graduate of Mount Abraham Union High School. By LIAM KNIGHT BRISTOL — This past summer, I was afforded the amazing opportunity to travel to Guatemala and volunteer at a school for impoverished children. The experience was one I will not soon forget. I was able to really enjoy myself, while also feeling like I was genuinely helping. After I finished my freshman year at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, I did a stint as a volunteer at La Escuela Esperanza, a school in Jocotenango, Guatemala. Hundreds of children and teenagers attend the school, and also receive nutritious food, healthcare, shelter and community support. While at the school, I was placed in a classroom as a teacher’s assistant, and was given tasks such as creating posters and preparing material for the day’s lesson. During class, I would help pass out materials and interact with the students. One of my favorite memories from the school comes from a job not many enjoy: washing dishes. Every
day, mothers of attending children volunteer their time to wash the lunch dishes. I was assigned to help them out. I began washing dishes to the best of my ability, but it was very quickly brought to my attention that I was not doing it correctly, amid much laughter from the women. I do have a working knowledge of Spanish, but it is very limited. The women engaged me in conversation, and were asking me questions about myself, and I would do my best to answer. My best was not good enough, apparently, as after every answer I gave, there was a short pause, rapid
fire Spanish between them, and then a very significant amount of laughter. After they regained control, they would ask me another question and repeat the process. Even though I didn’t understand most of what they said, there was still an unspoken communication, and by the end I think they had accepted me. I only had that opportunity once, but sharing that moment with people who don’t speak the same language was a great experience. Schoolwork was not the only task, (See Knight, Page 21)
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Bristol cohousing to hold ribbon-cutting BRISTOL — Developers of Bristol Village Cohousing, a 14unit eco-village neighborhood near the town center, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 16 North St. The event will include tours of the project, refreshments and acoustic music by talented local players like John Dickason, Dan Wyman, and
Becca Kodis. The a capella singing group Root 7 will perform at 3 p.m. The new residents include families who have moved to Bristol from communities in Maine, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio. Others are from Vermont towns. “I lived in Bristol for eight years, and then spent 30 years in Barre,” said one of the new residents, Rick
Provost. “Bristol is such a warm and welcoming community I decided to move back with my wife Barbara.” Developers said 13 of the 14 units have closed or are under contract. The BVCH community includes the renovation of three historic buildings on North Street and construction of five energy-efficient cottages on the two-and-a-half-acre site.
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(Continued from Page 20) breaking the cycle of poverty, inhowever. One day, the four other stu- cluding: Further education, nutridents on the trip and I were asked, tion, access to clean water, access to “Do you guys want to go use ma- comprehensive healthcare and social chetes?” Of course, being five col- services, including a full-time psylege students, the answer was yes. chology program.” On our way to the destination, we I write this to share my expewere filled in on the details. It turns rience, and to remind others that out, one of the families whose chil- there is still good in the world, but dren attend the school had had their also to let people know they can house collapse in a mudslide, and help the school and program. One the school was sending of the most important volunteers to help them Education for sources of income clear a new lot, and for EFTC in through build a new house. We the Children the comprehensive spent that day clearing does so much sponsorship program a hillside and flatten- more than just they run. Sponsoring ing it for a house to be run the school, a child is a relatively built. inexpensive way to Despite being there however. It have a huge impact for only a short time, works with on an impoverished I realized how import- disadvantaged family, and to provide ant this school was, not opportunity to a child children and just to the kids, but to who otherwise may whole families. Al- their families not have any. most none of these kids to break With more than 400 would have been able the cycle of sponsors across the to attend school otherglobe, the EFTC sponwise, as they would not poverty through sorship program is be able to afford the education and more than an income required uniforms, ma- empowerment. generator. By sponterials, or even transsoring a child at the portation. This school, School of Hope, you aptly named La Escuela Esperanza, provide all the benefits the students or School of Hope, is run by a larg- receive from a full education and er program called Education for the the support and care they need. You Children, or EFTC. will join a dedicated community of EFTC is an international non-gov- sponsors and supporters and receive ernmental organization based in letters from your child with photos Guatemala. A professor from my and reports. Almost every dollar of school (Hobart and William Smith the money that a sponsor donates Colleges), Brien Ashdown, is cur- toward their sponsor child will go rently the executive director of the towards the sponsor child’s expensAmerican branch of EFTC. es — EFTC uses less than 2 percent Education for the Children does so of that money for administration much more than just run the school, costs. The school in Guatemala is also however. It works with disadvantaged children and their families to always looking for volunteers — eibreak the cycle of poverty through ther long term, or just several days as I did. EFTC is a registered 501c3 education and empowerment. “EFTC understands that quality in the United States, Guatemala and education is just one important step U.K. For more questions regarding volto breaking the cycle of poverty, and thus takes a holistic approach to pov- unteering, contact Sara Miller at viserty eradication,” said Laura Trask, itors@eftcfoundation.org, regarding an EFTC employee working in Gua- sponsorship you can contact Laura temala at the School of Hope. “In Trask at sponsor@eftc.org.uk, or addition to quality education, EFTC simply put “EFTC” in an internet offers five important programs to search engine.
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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND
Addison County’s Humane Society Finley. 9.5 years, American Shorthair tabby, neutered male. Finley is a total love bug who came from a home that had too many animals and too much chaos for his liking. He was okay with the laid-back cats but he did not like the dog or the young energetic kitten. He has lived with caged birds and a free roaming parrot and showed no interest in any of them but really enjoyed sitting next to the domestic rabbits in his home and munching on hay with them! Finley would do best in a home that can provide him with a calm and quiet environment. In return, he will provide his new family with tons of love and affection! Addy. 1 year, shorthaired tiger, neutered male. Found behind Hannaford Supermarket in Middlebury, Addy is very grateful to be in a safe place! Addy is a super handsome, rustcolored tiger kitty. He does well with the other cats here at the shelter and likes to observe the birds on the other side of the windows. Addy enjoys being held, especially when he can get really close to nuzzle his face with a staff members and his glorious purr will warm your heart. Addy is wonderful cat waiting for his forever home! Suzy. 5 years, Chocolate Lab, spayed female. “Oh, Susie Q, baby, I love you, Susie Q.” Meet Suzy, a Chocolate Labrador Retriever mix. Suzy is a sweet gal who loves belly rubs, carrying around toys, and playing fetch. Suzy lost an eye due to glaucoma and needs daily eye drops, which she will patiently accept when a treat is included in the deal. Suzy is a wonderful gal who would make a great addition to most families!
Cookie. 5 years, American Bulldog, spayed female. Cookie is as sweet as her name implies! This affectionate, playful gal enjoys snuggling and sleeping with her people, and loves to play with toys– tire toys especially! According to Cookie’s previous guardian she knows sit, come, lie down, and speak. She has lived with older children and other dogs (though she is selective of dogs here at the shelter), and would love to be an active part of a family.
Gerbils. 6-8 weeks, female, black. Surprise! Turns out not all of our gerbils were males, now we have four lovely little girls looking for homes. They were born at the shelter and immediately went to foster care, where they grew up with daily handling and love. Now these snuggly, friendly little sweethearts are back at the shelter looking for homes!
May. 1 year, Rex rabbit, spayed female. May is a feisty little gal whose owner decided she would make a better meal than companion, so a Good Samaritan brought her to us knowing that there is a perfect family out there somewhere who will love her for the independent bunny she is. May is an indoor rabbit, looking for a home with an experienced pet-rabbit owner.
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Our weeks aren’t complete in the fall without at least one visit from Pam Thomas with another impressive specimen from her prolific garden in Whiting! This week, Pam brought by some beautiful eggplants that easily beat out the previous frontrunner in that category, as well as a carrot that wasn’t quite big enough to take the win, but had quite an interesting shape. We’ll see what Pam brings us next week!
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OA (OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT. (OA) OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS Saturday’s at 1:00pm. Located at Lawrence Memo‑ rial Library, 40 North St. in Bristol, VT.
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OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.
HUGE MULTI‑FAMILY yard sale. Saturday, Oct. 14, 9am. Rain or shine. Kitchenware, furniture, women’s clothes, jewelry, tools, collectibles, kids items, fresh picked apples, free pile and much more. 12 noon 1/2 price, 3pm every‑ thing free. Maple Meadow Farm in Salisbury. Early birds bring coffee.
STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Mid‑ dlebury. Approved for seat‑ ing for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.
OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) step meeting. Tuesdays, 3 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at The Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org. SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS MEETING of Alcoholics Anon‑ ymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Fri‑ day, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middlebury, VT. WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.
Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190. CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009. HOUSE CLEANING ‑ SMALL or large jobs. References available. Call 802‑558‑6136 or email at: ennis987@gmail. com. PARTY RENTALS; CHI‑ NA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802‑388‑4831.
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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, residential/ commercial, pressure wash‑ ing. 20 years’ experience. Best prices. References. 802‑989‑5803.
Free COFFEE TABLE AND chil‑ dren’s books in Swedish and about Sweden. Swedish grammar’s and dictionaries as well. 802‑453‑5227.
Lost and Found REWARD- SMALL BLACK. Money belt with ID’s in Bristol, and small penknife near Shaw’s in Middlebury. quiltandcrowns@gmail.com
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Help Wanted BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.
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USHIO America, Inc. Attn: Human Resources, 101 Panton Road, Vergennes, VT 05491 Email: vermontjobs@ushio.com • www.ushio.com
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CAD Drafter Electrical Design Engineer For more details on these positions, please visit: www.ushio.com/corporate/careeropportunities/ Ushio offers a comprehensive benefit package. Interested applicants can apply via e-mail or mail. USHIO AMERICA, INC., 5440 Cerritos Avenue, Cypress, CA 90630, Tel: 714.236.8600 • Fax: 714.229.3180 • www.ushio.com
Maplefields of New Haven Route 7, New Haven, VT Ask for Sherry or pick-up an application EOE
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We are looking for a candidate to fill an Accountant position based in Middlebury, VT. This position will perform a variety of accounting functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation, General Ledger, Financial Reporting and Regulatory filings. The Accountant will also provide assistance in Payroll Processing, Fixed Assets, and Month End/Year End Analysis. The incumbent requires 4 to 5 years of accounting experience and a strong experience using Microsoft Excel and Accounting software. Some experience in agriculture is a plus. A Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Accounting would be highly desirable. Ability to work independently, with initiative, multitask and prioritize work assignments and manage time. This is a full time position with benefits including 401k, medical, life and disability insurance, generous time off. For more information about the company, visit www.feedcommodities.com. Please send your cover letter and resume to: Irma Higgins, HR Manager ihiggins@feedcommodities.com. For questions, call 802-458-3916. FCI is an equal opportunity employer.
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CARPENTERS‑ FRAME & FINISH Tired of short work weeks, no overtime and lay‑ offs? Then join our company today. Jobsites in the Bur‑ lington and Middlebury ar‑ eas. 45+ hours/week, secure employment, opportunity to advance. Call Sweeney & Belisle at 802‑644‑5695 or 802‑355‑0836.
CHAMPLAIN ORCHARDS IS seeking a full‑time Hu‑ man Resources Manager. Relevant experience and qualifications required. Visit champlainorchards.com/em‑ ployment for full description.
FULL TIME DELI POSITION. Set hours, Monday‑Friday 6:00am ‑ 2:00 pm. Prior work experience with food preparation in a commercial kitchen / deli required. Expe‑ rience making pizza a plus. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market in Vergennes or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101.
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ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE FOR FULL & PART TIME We are seeking people with winning personalities and great attitudes to join our team. Full & Part-time positions available with flexible scheduling. Must be willing to work some nights & weekends. Full & Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed. Apply in person or pick up an application at: Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center
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The Town of Shoreham is accepting resumes for a full-time Road Crew Member to assist with operations of the Highway Department. This position involves all activities of the highway department. Requirements include: • Current CDL –Class B • Clean driving record • Pre-employment drug test • High School Diploma or GED • Ability to work a flexible schedule with overtime • Experience running heavy equipment (graders, tractor, mowers, tandem axle trucks, etc.) The salary will be based on experience and includes health insurance, paid time off, and retirement. The deadline for cover letter and resumes will be October 14th 2017 Mail to Road Foreman Town of Shoreham 297 Main Street Shoreham VT, 05770
ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Payroll Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
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The Addison Central School District Superintendent’s Office is seeking a responsible person as the Payroll Coordinator/Administrative Assistant.
MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled mill positions due to employee retirement. Must be in good physical condition with good math skills, very reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. An ambition to learn and tolerance of heat and cold are important. The most challenging jobs such as sawing and grading take years to learn well and pay well for the skilled work. Mill work has a production bonus.
The successful candidate must be a team player and have excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Candidate must have computer and software knowledge and proven proficiency in the Microsoft environment, including file management, Word and Excel, and have experience with automated software systems and knowledge of basic office procedures and common office equipment. Experience with processing payroll and Infinite Visions accounting software preferred. Associate’s degree or equivalent training and experience from which comparable skills and knowledge are acquired.
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MAINTENANCE person to work on machinery in our mill, lumber sorters, planers and lumber drying kilns. There is a wide variety of work to do and many things to learn, particularly as machinery becomes more computerized. You must have maintenance or mechanical experience, have a strong commitment to safety and be interested in learning QHZ VNLOOV <RX PXVW EH SK\VLFDOO\ ¿W DQG DEOH WR ERWK OLIW and push/pull 50 pounds regularly throughout the day. Monday to Friday, about 50 hours per week. Call 802-453-4884 or visit The A. Johnson Co., 995 S 116 Rd, Bristol VT 05443 for an application.
To apply, send a letter of interest, resume and three letters of reference to: Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central School District 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 E.O.E. Application Deadline until position is filled
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DAKIN FARM CURRENTLY has an opening for a retail sale clerk in our Ferrisburgh location. We are seeking someone who is reliable, has an outgoing personality and a positive attitude. Main responsibilities include greet‑ ing and assisting customers, answering questions about our products, keeping the store stocked and clean, and running register. You should be comfortable on your feet for long periods of time and will be required to work at least one day per weekend. This is a temporary position through December. Stop by and fill out an application at 5797 Route 7, Ferrisburgh or email resume to tdanyow@ dakinfarm.com. EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY seeks a FT House‑ keeper who is friendly and detail‑oriented to provide qual‑ ity cleaning service in our retirement community. Email acoyle@eastviewmiddlebury. com or call 989‑7507. EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY, Middlebury’s premier non‑profit senior community, is in search of an exceptional Assistant Dining Supervisor. If you are looking for a great opportunity, you’ve found it. We’re seeking a very special individual that is motivated, organized and dedicated. If you’re a team player with great leadership & people skills, are service oriented and are available weekends, holidays and evenings we would love to hear from you. acoyle@ eastviewmiddlebury.com or call Amanda at 802‑989‑7507. EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY, Vermont’s newest non‑profit retirement com‑ munity, is now interviewing servers and dishwashers for our growing dining services team. Our dining team pro‑ vides residents with a fine dining experience and full table service in a dynamic retirement community. They perform a variety of tasks including, table set‑up, taking food orders, food delivery and follow‑up. With superb kitchen facilities, we offer a work en‑ vironment that is hard to find in the hospitality industry. Needed positions available on all shifts with a focus on eve‑ nings and weekends. Email acoyle@eastviewmiddlebury. com or call 989‑7507.
IN NEED OF A full time quali‑ fied automotive technician at Port Henry Service Center. We are located only 25 miles from Middlebury and 20 miles from Vergennes. Three year’s experience necessary if in‑ terested please email your job experience and three past employer references to: phsc12974@hotmail.com. SPHERION IS HIRING for production jobs in Middlebury. 1st shift schedules available. Long term. Send resume to burlingtonvtjobs@spherion. com for immediate consid‑ eration. WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bottler. Eye for detail and accuracy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com. PART TIME CUSTODIAN To work when regular custodian is out sick for short periods of time. Job might lead to summer employment doing summer work. Work involves cleaning of the rooms, bath‑ rooms and hallways. Must be able to do light lifting occasion‑ ally up to 50lbs. and be able to run a vacuum cleaner for the carpets. For more infor‑ mation, contact Allen Kimball at Bristol Elementary School at 453‑3227. Employment would require the standard background check.
For Sale ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803. ATV RAMPS FOR pick up truck. Never used. Call Tom at 453‑3454. PRIVACY HEDGES‑ FALL BLOWOUT SALE. 6ft. Arbor‑ vitae (Evergreen) Reg $149, now $75. Beautiful, nursery grown. Free Installation/ free delivery, limited supply. Order now: 518‑536‑1367. lowcosttreefarm.com. PYRENEES‑ 4 YEAR OLD female. 92 lbs., beautiful buff color, excellent health. Incredi‑ ble and wonderful dog. Moving south. $200. 802‑989‑9554. Will confirm for best possible home.
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SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,397- make & save money with your own bandmill- cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info/DVD: NorwoodSawmills.com. 1-800-578-1363 Ext.300N. TIRES‑ 4 ALMOST NEW Yokohama A/S 225/60/17. $200. 802‑458‑8918.
For Rent 1 BEDROOM HOUSE, East Middlebury. $850 includes some expenses. No smoking. No pets. Call for details and showing. Leave callback number. 802‑349‑4446.
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER. LARGE 2 story, 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. 12 minutes from Middlebury. Fridge/ stove included and washer dryer hookups. $1,050 plus heat and electric. No pets or smoking please. 802‑897‑5447. BRISTOL/STARKSBORO 2 BEDROOM 1.5 bath country house. Laundry hook‑ups. No smoking, no pets. $1,300/ month. Available now. References, credit check, deposit and lease required. 802‑453‑3687. 1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092.
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MIDDLEBURY, VT 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT Income Limits Apply. No Utilities Included. Modern apartment, carpet/tile, W/D connections plus onsite laundry facility. Efficient gas heat/hot water. Ample parking and storage. Includes trash, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. In quiet Middlebury neighborhood. References Required. To request an application, call 802-472-5016 or e-mail pinemeadow@maloneyproperties.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.
OPENING SUMMER/FALL 2017 Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus Contact: Christine Golden Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com
For Rent BRIDPORT 1 BEDROOM, 4 room apartment with porch/ lawn. Washer/dryer, heat/hot water included. No smoking, no pets. References and credit check. $800/mo. plus security deposit. For more info, Charlie 802‑758‑2218.
BRISTOL 2 BEDROOM HOUSE, extra large living room and bath, nice porch, undercover parking for two cars. Private with views. First floor living. New gas stove. Washer and dryer. Garden space available. Lawn care and snow removal provided. No pets. No smoking. Credit check, security, references and lease. Available October 1st. $985/mo. Leave message. 802‑352‑4266.
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CARPETED, HEATED CAR/ motorcycle storage; monthly, seasonal, yearly rates. Trickle charging allowed. 877‑3207.
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HOUSE FOR RENT 2 bedroom, fully furnished. Nine month rental from 9/15/17 ‑ 6/16/18. Washer, dryer, all appliances, gas grill, fully equipped kitchen, deck, screened porch, private dock on Lake Dunmore. No smoking, no pets. Snow plowing and lawn maintenance included. $1,100/month plus utilities, security deposit. 802‑352‑6678.
SHARED LIVING PROVID‑ ER‑ sought for a long‑time Bristol resident with an intellectual disability in his 60’s. His needs have changed, and he would like to share a home with someone, rather than continue to live independently in an apartment. The home does not have to be in Bristol, but a provider should be able to keep his connections to Bristol. Cubbers, the Creemee stand, and local music are all important to him. Support is needed with his health and diet. Generous tax‑free stipend, room & board payment, and respite budget. Please contact Keiko at Community Associates at 388‑4021.
BUY 4, GET 1/2 CORD FREE® ‑ Only $999. Free delivery & kindling‑16” split clean. Click: www.MIDDMEN.com
FIRST‑CUT HORSE HAY small square bales (50 lbs avg). $4 at barn. Delivery a t c o s t. 8 0 2 ‑ 4 6 2 ‑3 9 1 2 . jwelkey7606@gmail.com.
FIREWOOD; CUT, SPLIT and delivered. Call for information, 802‑247‑9782.
F R E E S TA L L H E I F E R boarding available in Weybridge, VT for heifers 400 lbs and up. Breeding services offered. Mixed ration feed. Prices start at $2.25/heifer/ day. For info contact Dan at 802‑545‑2688.
MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Available Sept. 1. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994. MIDDLEBURY, ONE BED‑ ROOM apartment. Includes heat, electric, propane, garbage, recycling and snow removal. $900/month. Call after 4:30pm. 802‑388‑7716. MIDDLEBURY: FOR RENT PRIME retail space. 1,303 square feet. Location, location. Front door parking. Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054. NEW HAVEN, QUIET 1 bedroom, furnished, basement apartment. $650/month plus deposit. No smoking, no pets. 802‑453‑3183.
DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addison. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com. ON LAKE DUNMORE, Salisbury, VT. Two bedroom winterized lake house directly on Lake Dunmore. Fully furnished, chalet with 1 1/2 bathroom. Two bedrooms with closets, living room and kitchen open. Beautiful deck overlooking the North Cove with 4 steps down to 80’ lawn to water to enjoy the outside. You pay your own utilities, (propane heat). Available from November 1‑2 until end of school year or end of June. Ice skating and ice fishing during the winter and swimming in warm weather. You will need references, 1st month’s rent and security deposit. No smoking or pets allowed. Laundromat, store in walking distance. 15 minute ride to Middlebury. 30 minutes to Rutland. 802‑352‑4697 or leave message. FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. Available Oct. 1. 802‑758‑2494.
VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accepting applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D onsite. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Want to Rent VISITING INSTRUCTOR FOR Middlebury winter term ISO: furnished housing. 1/6‑2/10. Must also accept 13 year old indoor cat. Sublets and house‑sitting opportunities welcome. Contact: merkeljulie@gmail.com.
Wood Heat FIREWOOD; SEASONED AND GREEN. Cut, split and delivered. Call for info 802‑282‑9110.
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NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment. Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, security deposit, lease. $900/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040. ROOMS FOR RENT in historical Vergnnes Inn. Mid October through Mid May. Perfect for UTC, Traveling nurses or other traveling professionals. $650 to $1,000 per month. Call Bill 802‑877‑3293.
TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD: Dry or green. Call for prices. 802‑388‑7300.
Real Estate BRISTOL VILLAGE BUILD‑ ING LOTS Approved with water, electric and sewer installed. Call Tom or Nancy at 453‑3454. CORNWALL, VT‑ A BEAU‑ TIFUL building lot for sale. Amazing view. Septic permit in place. 760‑807‑6187. LAND FOR SALE IRS auction. 11/3/17. 12:00pm. Birch Ledge Rd. & RTE 116, Bristol. Two ‑ 5 acre lots. Min. bid $15,304. www.irsauctions. gov. Tim ‑ 401‑369‑2172. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residential Development. One is a beautiful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream. Lots are supported with village water and approved for simple in‑ground septic. Located in East Middlebury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.
SOFTWOOD SAWDUST‑ ROUGH cut and finish lumber. West Haven, VT. 802‑265‑3675. STANDING FIELD CORN 40 acres. $720 per acre. West Haven, VT. 802‑265‑8698. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.
Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collectibles, etc. Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.
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REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY, OCT. 10 • 7:00 P.M.
AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. *Approval of Agenda Ferrisburgh (1) 7:05 3. *Approval of Minutes of September 26, 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting Hinesburg (1) 4. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or Middlebury (1) address issues that are not otherwise included on this Patricia A Hannaford Career agenda] 7:10 5. *Consideration of Application Center (1) for a First Class Liquor License and Entertainment Permit – The Rough Cut – 51 Starksboro (1) Main Street 7:15 6. *Chief of Police Tom Hanley regarding Replacement of SCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED Logging Recorder for Radios ADDISON COUNTY FAIR AND and Telephones 7:20 7. *Consideration of Library FIELD DAYS, INC. Trustees’ Request for NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Selectboard Resolution All residents of Addison County are Supporting the Goals and hereby given notice of the annual meeting Vision of the Ilsley Library of Addison County Fair & Field Days, Inc., Building Feasibility Study of to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October August 2017 23, 2017 at the Weybridge Congregational 7:35 8. Discussion of Next Steps Church, in Weybridge, Vermont. in Middlebury’s Economic AGENDA Health Initiative I. Welcome and Introduction of Board a. *Recruitment of Economic Members Health Committee II. Review of 2017 Fair b. *Appointment of Task III. Financial Report Force to Develop IV. Audience Comments & Questions Recommendation on V. Election of Board Members and Aqua ViTea’s Application Officers for Tax Stabilization VI. Refreshments will be served. 7:50 9. *Update on Downtown Cara N. Mullin, Bridges Replacement Project 9/28 Business Manager 8:00 10. *Extension of Sewer Usage SCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED• MEETING RESCHEDULED Agreement with Agri-Mark 8:05 11. **Discuss Next Steps for Engaging College in Potential AGENDA Community Broadband Partnership PATRICIA A. HANNAFORD 8:15 12. *Approval of Check Warrants CAREER CENTER 13. *Town Manager’s Report WED., OCT. 11, 2017 14. **Board Member Concerns 5:00 PM – A208 15. *Executive Session – 1. Introduction of Board Members Personnel & Legal Matters 2. Approve Agenda – if needed 3. Visitors Comments 16. **Action on Matters 4. Correspondence Discussed in Executive CONSENT AGENDA Session 5. Minutes of Sept. 11, 2017 8:30 17. *Adjourn 6. Monthly A/P for Aug. & Oct. * Decision Item ** Possible Decision a. Adult Program If you need special accommodations b. Revolving to attend this meeting, please contact c. Director’s Orders the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible. ACTION AGENDA Additional information about most 7. Policy 2.3 Financial Condition & Activities Agenda items is available on the Town’s 8. Policy 2.5 Emergency Superintendent website, www.townofmiddlebury.org, on Succession the Selectboard page. 10/9 9. Policy 4.7 Board Committee Structure Community Engagement Comm. INFORMATIONAL AGENDA 10. Calendar of Sub-Committees Meeting The Public Notices section Times 11. Career Center Newsletter appears every Monday & 12. Facilities Report Thursday in the 13. Superintendent’s Report 14. Dean of Students Report 15. Adult Tech Ed Report Addison Independent 16. Policy 4.1 Governing Style
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FERRISBURGH VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
The Town of Ferrisburgh is looking for volunteers to fill the following openings Zoning Board of Adjustment - 1 position Town Auditor - 1 position Addison County Solid Waste District - 1 alternate position Addison County Regional Planning Commission - 1 representative and 3 alternate positions) For more information contact the Town Clerk’s office at 877-3429, email to ferrisburghclerk@comcast.net or send your letter of interest to the ferrisburghselectboard@comcast.net 10/9
Bristol bridge builder pays $270K to resolve dispute BRISTOL — A contractor who helped build the Route 116 bridge near Sycamore Park in Bristol has paid several hundred thousand dollars to resolve allegations that the company violated federal and state laws in connection with the project. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Burlington recently announced that Lyndon Center-based general contractor J.A. McDonald Inc., or JAM, and JAM owner and President Eric Boyden paid $270,000 to the United States to resolve allegations that JAM violated the federal False Claims Act and the Vermont False Claims Act by knowingly causing the state of Vermont to present false claims for payment to federal reimbursement agencies in connection with the federally funded
STARKSBORO SELECTBOARD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2017 5:30 P.M. STARKSBORO TOWN OFFICE
* * * NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING * * * The Starksboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting to be held onTuesday, October 10, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. at the Town Office. AGENDA: Discuss short-term coverage of the Zoning Administrator’s job responsibilities until a 10/9 replacement has been hired.
construction of the two-span bridge. More specifically, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, the settlement resolves allegations that JAM employees intentionally altered critical bridge components such that the bridge no longer conformed to specified safety standards, and that JAM employees took affirmative steps to conceal such alterations from the Vermont Agency of Transportation. As a result of the alleged cover-up, VTrans unwittingly paid JAM for deficient bridge work and in turn presented a number of false claims to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for the reimbursement of the federal share of amounts paid to JAM. In cooperation with federal and state authorities, JAM has since replaced the allegedly deficient bridge components at its own cost and under the supervision of VTrans inspectors. JAM has also terminated its employment of two employees who allegedly directed the alleged scheme. “As exemplified by this settlement, contractors who cut corners on taxpayer-funded projects will face serious consequences,” said Acting United States Attorney Eugenia A.P. Cowles. “We will not
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hesitate to aggressively pursue and hold accountable those who knowingly or recklessly bill the government for faulty goods or services, particularly where public safety is a concern.” “This investigation demonstrates how to not conduct business on public infrastructure projects in the United States. The Office of Inspector General is committed to investigating fraudulent acts and the individuals who commit them,” said Todd Damiani, regional Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG). “We encourage anyone who may have information about fraud affecting taxpayer dollars on public transportation projects to come forward and report it.” Vermont Secretary of Transportation Joe Flynn said that JAM senior management cooperated with the investigation.” Under the terms of the settlement agreement entered into by the United States, VTrans, JAM and Boyden, the settlement constitutes neither an admission of liability by JAM or Boyden nor a concession by the United States or the state of Vermont that the claims asserted are not well founded.
VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 67-1-16 CNCV
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR REPERFORMING LOAN TRUST 2005-1 v. LUCILLE MCGRATH OCCUPANTS OF 1145 NORTH ROAD, HINESBURG, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 6, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Lucille McGrath and the late Richard M. McGrath to Mortgage Service Center of New England, dated March 4, 1994 and recorded in Book 93 Page 478 of the land records of the Town of Hinesburg, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Service Center of New England to Chemical Bank c/o Chemical Mortgage Company dated March 30, 1994 and recorded in Book 94 Page 158 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Successor by Merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, Successor by Merger with Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation FKA Chemical Bank to HSBC Bank USA, National Association as trustee for MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust 2005-1, dated September 15, 2015 and recorded in Book 245 Page 530, both of the land records of the Town of Hinesburg for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1145 North Road, Hinesburg, Vermont on October 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to the Mortgagors herein by Warranty Deed of Judith E. Wright dated March _4__, 1994 and recorded in Volume __93__ at Page(s) 476-477_ of the Town of Hinesburg Land Records. Being a parcel of land containing 3.0 acres, more or less, designated as “Lot 4” on a survey map entitled “Property of Rene J. & Muriel Fortin, Chittenden County, Hinesburg, VT” surveyed by Ronald L. LaRose, dated April 30, 1981, and July 14, 1982, and recorded in Map Volume 3, Page 1 of the Land Records of the Town of Hinesburg. Included is an undivided-one-seventh (1/7) interest, to be held in common with other owners of lots in the Sherman Taylor Subdivision, so-called, in the well, pumphouse and reservoir located on Lot 1, as shown and depicted on a plan recorded in Map Volume 3 on Page 8 of said land records and designated as Map No. 255, together with the right, in common with other owners of lots in said subdivision, to lay and maintain water lines from said well to the reservoir and pumphouse, and from said reservoir and pumphouse to the lands and premises herein described. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: September 21, 2017 By: /S/Rachel K. Jones, Esq. sRachel K. Jones, Esq., Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 10/2 Farmington, CT 06032
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Childcare Part of providing greater access underscored. (Continued from Page 1) Within ACSD, for example, schools and taxpayers. That was is better engaging the business the consensus of participants in a community, said Donahue. And part fully 40 percent of all students and community forum on early child care of bringing businesses to the table is families live in poverty. Society must weigh where it wants in Addison County that was held last demonstrating that support for early Thursday at Middlebury College care and early education affects the to invest its resources, said Burrows, and sponsored by Building Bright bottom line. To illustrate this point, noting that current data suggests that Futures together with a consortium Donahue presented three data points: every $1 spent on early education • 85 percent of saves $7 on remedial education, of local organizations. employers nationwide incarceration and drug and alcohol The gathering brought “It’s got a report that child care treatment. together attendees from: services improve Burrows also noted that given its • Local child care and big price tag and kids are recruitment. scale and reputation for excellence, early learning centers. • 49 percent of Addison County is uniquely poised • Local public and worth it.” private schools. — Donna Bailey employers report that to be a statewide leader in addressing child care services this issue. • Child advocacy improve employee KIDS ARE WORTH IT organizations. Bailey eschewed the PowerPoint • Medical professionals productivity. • U.S. companies lose an slides and data points of her fellow specializing in child well-being. estimated $3 billion annually as a presenters and spoke more from the • Mental health workers. • Vermont Department of Health. consequence of child care related heart about the importance of the state and county coming together to • Community College of Vermont absences. “We need more local businesses do better for Vermont’s young kids. (which offers an associate’s degree A member of the Vermont Blue and other kinds of training in early at the table helping us to brainstorm and think about what we’re going to Ribbon Commission on Financing childhood education). Also taking part were Addison do to create more child care,” said High Quality Affordable Child Care, Bailey pulled no punches, County state Reps. Peter Conlon, Donahue. He also gave examples of saying: “It’s got a big price tag and D-Cornwall, and Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, as well as Department companies like Dealer.com, which kids are worth it.” The commission met for over a for Children and Families Deputy scaled back its Vermont operations this past August, in part, he said, year, 2015-2016, to develop criteria Commissioner Reeva Murphy. it couldn’t for high quality early care A panel discussion at Middlebury because programs, and estimated College focused three different attract top talent to the “We need the cost of putting bestlenses on the ongoing early care Green Mountain State. practices into action. challenge. Parent/Child Center Better early care could more local Bottom line: $360-$850 Co-director Donna Bailey spoke make Vermont more businesses million, “assuming half from her perspective as an early competitive in attracting at the table the demand is met by care provider and as the head of a and retaining businesses, helping us to of center-based care and flagship organization that provides he argued. brainstorm half of the demand is met extended services to struggling PUBLIC SCHOOL by home-based care,” families. Addison Central POINT OF VIEW and think Burrows discussed the about what and “assuming that School District Superintendent such programs would Peter Burrows talked about the need for public schools serve anywhere from 25 need to rethink and integrate to shift paradigms, from we’re going percent to 100 percent of how K-12 education links with a K-12 construct to a to do to the state’s birth-to-five early learning. Dave Donahue, “0 to 20-something.” create more population.” director of community relations Schools are moving child care.” Following the panel at Middlebury College and aide toward an appreciation — Dave presentations, the forum supporting the to the President’s Office, gave an that Donahue moved on to small group employer’s perspective on the whole child — social, emotional, physical, brainstorming of next importance of child care. cognitive — best supports each steps. Issues raised included EMPLOYER’S PERSPECTIVE • Successes of and current Middlebury College has long child’s learning, he said. Schools no longer think of pushback on Act 166, which made efforts to understand and meet its employees’ childcare needs, education as “what’s in a textbook,” provides subsidies for all children in Donahue said. Starting in 2001, but are now starting “to realize that early care. • Adding more tiers of the college worked together with a if students aren’t ready to learn, then consortium of local organizations everything that we’re doing is falling accreditation for care providers, to help create the College Street flat, it’s not making any change for a along with financial support for Children’s Center in Middlebury. student and helping them in success training. • Ways to make careers in early Annually, the college gives about later on in their lives.” He said that, although performance care more remunerative, including $360,000 through the United Way to support College Street, the Mary on standardized tests and improving state support for health care. • Keeping early care options Johnson Children’s Center, the literacy and math are critically Bristol Family Center, and Otter import, schools need to shift the varied, so that parents have choice. Again and again, infant care was principal question they ask: Creek Child Center, said Donahue. “How do students feel? How noted as an especially challenging In 2016, Donahue conducted a survey of college employees. The are they connected to what they’re issue, and Lanpher informed learning? How are we working to attendees that a bill supporting results? “Employees are still really support both those students and expanded parental leave had just struggling to find child care,” he families with a severe need and the cleared the House Committee on said. “Part of what we hear from our students that just need a little bit Healthcare and was on its way to the Senate. staff is, ‘Look, I’d love to complain more of something?” Reporter Gaen Murphree is at “Poverty is the primary risk for about affordability — I can’t even poor school achievement,” Burrows gaenm@addisonindependent.com. find it.’”
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Baldwin
ON SEP. 27, Monkton honored the Cotas for their years in farming and celebrated the conservation of 218 acres and the transfer of the Cota Farm to Matt Baldwin. Assembled that evening were the Vermont Land Trust’s Al Karnatz, left; Greg, Lillian and Rob Cota; Matt Baldwin, holding daughter Leah; Laura Baldwin, with son Nathan and daughters Eliza and Rachel. Courtesy photo
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(Continued from Page 1) will take care of you.” the farm their whole lives. Indeed, Without the land trust’s purchase because of their father’s early illness of the development rights, Baldwin and death, they started working the said he would not have been able to farm independently as teenagers purchase the acreage. more than 50 years ago. Older “It’s basically one of the most brother Rob is now 79. important tools in this state right Baldwin, 35, also started farming now to enable young farmers to as a teenager. own their own land and expand He grew up in a farming family operations,” said Baldwin. “Without just three and a half miles up the the land trust and the backing of road in Hinesburg. But he said Monkton, I would not have been that interest in farming able to afford this farm. I skipped his father’s would not have been able generation. Instead, he “Being able to get the land necessary pitched in and shadowed to acquire to start dairy farming. his grandfather and great and run a And I might not even uncle, who farmed well farm like this be able to farm in this into their 80s. state, the way land prices is very, very “I just worshipped have gone. The land trust the ground those men precious to enables young farmers to walked on. And I’ve been me. This is get started or to stay in working for close to 20 exactly my operation.” years to try to get the land dream come While the land base again to try to start true. It can’t trust facilitated the up Baldwin farm the way preservation of the be much it was,” Baldwin said. 218 acres, the dollars Dairying has been sweeter.” to purchase the central to his dream. — Matt Baldwin development rights But Baldwin said that came from the town generation to generation, of Monkton, the USDA’s Natural his family’s land got broken up Resources Conservation Service and he had insufficient acreage to and the Vermont Housing and establish a dairy herd. Since he was Conservation Board. Together, about 15, he’s been crop farming. NRCS and the VHCB contributed Baldwin raises hay and organic feed $504,000. Through its Agricultural corn. He began renting the Cota and Natural Area’s Fund, Monkton acreage in 2013. A year ago, he contributed $100,000 — the town’s began raising up a dairy herd and single largest contribution to going through the year-long process conserve open land. to have it certified for organic Since 2010, Monkton has milk production. Now with the contributed close to $230,000 to completion of the sale through the conserve close to 770 acres. land trust, he can really begin as an “Monkton is the real leader organic dairy farmer. in Addison County in terms of Right now Baldwin has 32 milking their conservation fund,” said the cows and 55 heifers. By the spring Vermont Land Trust’s Al Karnatz. he expects to have 85 to 90 milkers. “It’s had a big impact on the types “Coming from a farming family of projects the VLT can complete.” that has lost farmland and had On Sept. 27 the land trust and the intergenerational transfers with Monkton Agricultural and Natural nonfarmers, being able to acquire Areas Committee held a potluck and run a farm like this is very, very and gathering to honor the Cota precious to me,” said Baldwin. “This brothers and Greg’s wife, Lillian is exactly my dream come true. It Cota, for their stewardship of the can’t be much sweeter.” land. A lot of sweat and muscle stands Addressing the crowd, ANAC behind that dream, as well. It’s taken Chair Laura Farrell thanked the close to two decades of farming to Cotas for “ensuring this land is establish himself as a dairy farmer, kept in agriculture.” She noted too, admits Baldwin. the contribution that agricultural Local farmers consider the Cota land makes to the region’s rural acreage some of the best farmland character, scenic beauty, economic in Addison County. Close to 80 vitality and food security. acres are rated as “prime” ag land, “The Cotas are to be commended the state’s top rating; 104 acres are for their excellent stewardship and rated as “farmland of statewide hard work over the decades that has importance.” kept this land productive,” Karnatz Sited as it is along States Prison said in an email to the Independent. Hollow Road and just minutes from “Their decision to conserve the farm the Monkton-Hinesburg road, the and to keep it available for future Cotas’ former 218 acres also would generations benefits the whole have been a tempting prize for community and helps maintain our developers. agricultural heritage.” “I could have sold the farm and Meanwhile, back in the barn, made twice the money if I wanted Baldwin observed that he started to see houses,” said Greg Cota. milking cows around two weeks “But it’s too productive of land. ago. Five years to the month since We farmed all our lives here. It’s the Cota brothers sold the last of Addison County but it’s not Addison their dairy cows, cows are being County clay. It’s loam. It raises good milked in the old Cota barn again. crops. Reporter Gaen Murphree is at “If you take care of the land, it gaenm@addisonindependent.com.